Example Sentences

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Bernard lives next to the project site and has documented multiple desert tortoises on and around her property — including Squiggles, who was given the nickname for leaving wavy tracks in the sand.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

And Squiggles, a female who leaves wavy tracks in the sand.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2025

That doesn’t seem to be a problem for Squiggles, a bearded dragon in South Orange, New Jersey.

From Washington Times • Apr. 8, 2020

Re “In an Era of Squiggles, You Can’t Tell the Players Without a Handwriting Analyst,” March 29: Maybe the major leagues should institute courses to teach ballplayers how to write a distinctive signature.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2014

Who knows?—on the analogy of "Squiggles" she might come to call him "Mangles!"

From Ann Veronica, a modern love story by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)