Example Sentences

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Coiled inside the mailbox was a 4 ½-foot rattlesnake.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2022

Coiled in each wedge are seminiferous tubules that produce sperm.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Coiled wires attach with Velcro and rubber webbing to the soles of my boots.

From Washington Post • Jan. 10, 2022

Coiled and synergetic, never quite touching the ground, the rhythm section matches his feathered poise with its own swift momentum.

From New York Times • May 26, 2017

Coiled like a snake, the whip was made of leather.

From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper