coiled

Example Sentences

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Coiled inside the mailbox was a 4 ½-foot rattlesnake.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2022

Coiled near the wharf was the biggest rope I had ever seen, as thick as my thigh, used to lasso chunks of icebergs for a brewery in St. John’s.

From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2022

Coiled in each wedge are seminiferous tubules that produce sperm.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Coiled coil regions were identified with the help of the program Socket.

From Nature • Apr. 4, 2014

Coiled like a snake, the whip was made of leather.

From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper