corkscrew
Example Sentences
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She is a fashionable woman, with corkscrew curls coming down in front of her ears.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
It could be a long, slow descent with the lights out on an RAF jet, or a rapid, corkscrew down in a C-130 transport plane.
From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026
Equal parts object of design and functionality, this accordion-style corkscrew wine opener is made of nickel-plated steel and was first invented in France in the 1920s.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2024
Where shorter colonies spun around an axis, like a spiraling football, longer chains would buckle and coil like a corkscrew.
From Science Daily • May 15, 2024
It had two high-tech-looking antennas on top—one on the back that looked like a corkscrew, and one in the middle that swiveled.
From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor
