hurtled

Example Sentences

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I skate low, torso over toes, head turtled forward.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 4, 2019

She spends most of her time turtled in bed.

From Slate • Aug. 26, 2015

They turtled at first, then they quit, wallowing in self-pity and requiring emergency spine implants.

From Chicago Tribune • May 8, 2012

I yanked the cuffs of my sweatshirt down as far as they would go, picked up my board and turtled into the collar of my jacket as the lady hurried across the street.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx

Art was with the same Mr. Dunwoody whose car Pluto Noak’d turtled over last year.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell