curlicue
Example Sentences
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The Helicteres isora, the jacket’s namesake, is a vibrant plant from northern Oceania whose leaves dry in tawny-green curlicues, like nature’s fractals.
From Los Angeles Times
There’s dark woodwork, octagonal pillars, curlicues of ironwork in the old-fashioned windows, carved details of garlands and flowers and urns.
From Seattle Times
Concrete pillars with ornamental curlicues grace the interior.
From Los Angeles Times
The actors speak their speeches as though they’re invisible to the audience, illustrating their meanings through their exaggerated cadences and stretching out every rhetorical curlicue.
From Los Angeles Times
Here, the narrow lanes are curlicues, like a medieval village, with abundant courtyards, alleyways and dead ends.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
