balled up
Example Sentences
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It was defiance and euphoria and adrenaline just balled up into this big massive gig.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2024
Workers balled up bread for bait and threw lines over the side of the platform.
From Slate ● Dec. 16, 2023
Not grumbling, belly-hungry — but "stomach touching your back, every rib visible, aching, and balled up on the floor in the corner" starving.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2023
Its most haunting components are six unnervingly lifelike human figures dressed in office attire, balled up inside garbage bags like corporate flotsam.
From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2023
He balled up, wrapped his arms around himself.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
