balling up
Example Sentences
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The comment was disrespectful, said Ms Haley, who added that she could "feel my eyes balling up, and everything, just because it was just so deeply offensive in that moment".
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2025
“I’m telling you!” she cried, balling up her fists.
From Slate ● Feb. 4, 2024
Instead of balling up those fast food bags or tossing empty coffee cups on the floor, use an auto garbage can to pitch your trash.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2022
“He’s funny, but that’s mean,” she said in a debrief after the show, her hands balling up into fists.
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2016
Fifi and Yoyo clustered around Mami, balling up her skirt with holding on, Fifi wailing every time the big fat guard bent down for a goodbye kiss from her.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
