curl

Example Sentences

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As this strain is released, the layers peel apart and curl into tight scrolls.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

Eight men sliding 16 stones down an ice sheet to the soundtrack of clunking granite, furious sweeping and hollered commands of "hard" and "curl".

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

“I was working 80 hours a week so I could curl in the winter.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

Looking at Darling Ingredients’ weekly chart, the 50-week simple moving average is starting to curl higher for the first time in years.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

My fingers curl around the cloth hilt of the akrafena, as if holding it tighter will give me the courage to finish my statement.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer