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

Today, there are alarms that turn off when would-be snoozers shoot a fake gun at a target or curl a small dumbbell.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 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

My fingers curl around the cloth hilt of the akrafena, as if holding it tighter will give me the courage to finish my statement.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer