uncurled

Example Sentences

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Skin and bones dancing, lips upcurled like oyster shells, a no-count man with a femur in his hair.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Margarita's repulsed fingers lay loosely upcurled on her knees, which she hunched in front of her, like a boy.

From Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty by Williams, J. Scott (John Scott)

In the growing moonlight his teeth gleamed whitely from under his upcurled lip.

From Bruce by Terhune, Albert Payson

Sometimes, when the wind screamed its loudest, Lad would lift his head—his ruff a-bristle, his teeth glinting from under his upcurled lip.

From Lad: A Dog by Terhune, Albert Payson

A few birds sang; overhead sailed and circled hundreds of buzzards, the sun gilding their upcurled wing tips as they sheered the tree-tops.

From Ailsa Paige by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)