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curlicue

[kur-li-kyoo] / ˈkɜr lɪˌkju /










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On “Rated OG,” he adds intriguing curlicue accents to a chord progression rendered on vibraphone as a forceful, distorted bass riff chugs along underneath.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 28, 2025

Get it really cold and then a giant twist, not those little curlicue twists that they do sometimes.

From Salon May 1, 2025

The wooden figure—with its shaggy white hair, black curlicue mustache, and cherubic pink cheeks—bears little resemblance to Donald Trump’s signature comb over and bronzed skin.

From Slate Jun. 10, 2023

Soon she had mutated into a computer-generated cartoon figure with doe eyes and a curlicue of hair atop her head.

From New York Times Apr. 26, 2022

Craig, who was suddenly interested in girls, had started taking his phone calls behind closed doors in the bathroom, the phone’s curlicue cord stretched taut across the hallway from its wall-mounted base in the kitchen.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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