curling
noun
a game played on ice in which two teams of four players each compete in sliding curling stones toward a mark in the center of a circular target.
curlings
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pluralof curling.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Alexander Crandall quickly appeared, in a hide apron covered with curlings of wood.
From Mountain Blood A Novel by Joseph Hergesheimer
He catalogued its volutes, its stipples, the frisks and curlings of its pattern.
From There's Pippins and Cheese to Come by Charles S. (Charles Stephen) Brooks
Small red and yellow spots with puckerings and curlings of the young leaves of Pears, the spots turning darker later on, are due to Phytoptus.
From Disease in Plants by H. Marshall Ward
She never made fun of Anna's crimpings and curlings and beauty-rites.
From The Song of the Lark by Willa Sibert Cather
The paper, after a few obstinate curlings, caught fire, and Frere, blowing the young flame with his breath, the bark began to burn.
From For the Term of His Natural Life by Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke
