curlicue
Example Sentences
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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
The movements that follow are arboreal portraits in music: a puckish, dancing duet for the bassoon and a violin; a mysterious nocturne; curlicue phrases choked into fragments; and patient brooding.
From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2022
He didn’t seem to; he went on writing down his strange curlicue notes about Thomas Hardy in Phineas Shorthand.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
