- present participle of curl.
curling
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Wendy the coyote was a fixture in the San Fernando Valley community for years, often spotted wandering around the neighborhood or curling up to sunbathe in a patch of grass, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
The propulsive groove on “Another Life” evokes a thudding drum break pulled from a dusty groove pressed in the early ’70s, as Ms. Howard sings forcefully, moving between a curling falsetto and a feral howl.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
From the angle just inside the area, his right-foot curling drive into the top corner gave Emiliano Martinez no chance.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
He unleashed a curling strike that found the back of the net, saving Argentina once again on its way to a 3-1 victory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
The moment her hand touched the surface, bright silver lines emerged in the dark, weaving and curling around each other until they formed the outline of a doorknob, inches from where her hand rested.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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Small red and yellow spots with puckerings and curlings of the young leaves of Pears, the spots turning darker later on, are due to Phytoptus.
From Disease in Plants by H. Marshall Ward
The paper, after a few obstinate curlings, caught fire, and Frere, blowing the young flame with his breath, the bark began to burn.
From For the Term of His Natural Life by Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke
She never made fun of Anna's crimpings and curlings and beauty-rites.
From The Song of the Lark by Willa Sibert Cather
He catalogued its volutes, its stipples, the frisks and curlings of its pattern.
From There's Pippins and Cheese to Come by Charles S. (Charles Stephen) Brooks
But should he forget this precaution, never can the dream be brought back to memory: as well try to re-form the curlings of a smoke- wreath blown away.
From Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series by Lafcadio Hearn
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Canada - Introductory
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Canada - Middle School and High School
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