corkscrew
Example Sentences
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The principal space of the Koolhaas building is the dramatic atrium stair that corkscrews up the front of the building.
He started up the narrow corkscrew stairs, and as he mounted so did his spirits.
From Literature
She is a fashionable woman, with corkscrew curls coming down in front of her ears.
A cork is when a spin is combined with a flip, resulting in an 'off-axis' direction of travel resembling a corkscrew.
From BBC
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
