coil
noun
a connected series of spirals or rings that rope, wire, or the like has been formed into.
coiled
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past participleof coil.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof coil.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
coilnouna connected series of spirals or rings that rope, wire, or the like has been formed into.
Example Sentences
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Catherine Jensen Peña, PhD, an assistant professor at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute and the study's senior and co-corresponding author, compared DNA inside cells to a coiled slinky.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
When officers finally acted, they pulled only half the hose out, leaving the rest coiled inside the cabinet, and stood there baffled as to why the water wouldn’t flow.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Zidane, tracking the star-patterned leather like a skeet shooter, hips coiled, unloaded a gold-medal hit.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
“They’re being pressed like a coiled spring, and one day this coiled spring will break.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
Her head is covered with tiny braids coiled into rounds and pinned down with bobby pins.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
