coils
- present tense form of coil (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Coils of barbed wire top the cream-coloured high metal fencing.
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025
Coils of clay seem to lurch and bulge, and ceramic glazes crawl and bubble as though still in the kiln.
From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2020
"Coils have a physical limitation that won't change with size," said Humavox's Lachman.
From Reuters • Sep. 10, 2014
Coils of barbed wire are used to fence in pigs.
From BusinessWeek • Nov. 21, 2013
Coils of small rope were brought from headquarters, and a detail of men remained in camp, baling the flint hides, while the remainder scoured the immediate country.
From A Texas Matchmaker by Adams, Andy
