furled

Example Sentences

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They packed up their chairs and furled banners, as the makeshift tent city slowly transformed back into a standard campus plaza.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2024

The baby’s tail or “fluke,” critical to swimming, was still furled from being compacted in utero.

From National Geographic • Aug. 31, 2023

And it was before a short, ruffled cocktail frock appeared, with the frills at the back furled like rose petals and the front obscured by a refrigerator.

From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2021

Around him, the scholar’s stuff: books, a lamp, a houseplant, some furled umbrellas in an umbrella stand, ready for use.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2020

When they opened their mouths to neigh, Aru saw that their teeth were tightly furled white buds.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi