curl
Example Sentences
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Maslany: My instinct is to curl into a ball and pretend it never happened.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
As this strain is released, the layers peel apart and curl into tight scrolls.
From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026
Eight men sliding 16 stones down an ice sheet to the soundtrack of clunking granite, furious sweeping and hollered commands of "hard" and "curl".
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026
“Everyone else plays golf in the summer. I was working 80 hours a week so I could curl in the winter.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026
Here and there a curl remained, but most of his head was—well, it wasn't what he had hoped.
From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry
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