coiled
Example Sentences
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Catherine Jensen Peña, PhD, an assistant professor at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute and the study's senior and co-corresponding author, compared DNA inside cells to a coiled slinky.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
When officers finally acted, they pulled only half the hose out, leaving the rest coiled inside the cabinet, and stood there baffled as to why the water wouldn’t flow.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Christopher Gadsden’s coiled rattlesnake “Don’t Tread On Me” flag from 1775 symbolized that fight for freedom: Don’t tell me what to do.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Zidane, tracking the star-patterned leather like a skeet shooter, hips coiled, unloaded a gold-medal hit.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
When the line is coiled I stand up again, holding the harpoon shoulder high.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
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