curl
verb (used with object)
to form into coils or ringlets, as the hair.
are curling
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present progressiveof curl.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Everything’s a little turned up and heightened, things are curling around the edges.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2022
And in grand government ministries in Naypyidaw, the capital of Myanmar, stacks of documents are curling in the humidity.
From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2021
Canada has given us so many wonderful things, among them are curling, courtesy, and "Kim's Convenience."
From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2020
Their colorful limbs are curling up at the tips.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 22, 2013
New mbika vines are curling up from the ground behind us, where the water pools in our footsteps.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
