curling tongs

This is extremely unhelpful to non-curling fans, which is most people.

She saw his back for an instant against the pale gloom of the garden, in which vapour was curling.

And one of the seraphims flew to me, and in his hand was a live coal, which he had taken with the tongs off the altar.

The children played and carried hot stones with tongs made of sticks.

Use the butter-knife, salt-spoon, and sugar-tongs as scrupulously when alone, as if a room full of people were watching you.

With curling lip Garnache bowed stiffly, and in a cold, formal voice he announced himself.