coil
noun
a connected series of spirals or rings that rope, wire, or the like has been formed into.
had coiled
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past perfectof coil.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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"Housewives who had finished washing the dishes and sweeping up the kitchen for the last time that day, men who had coiled up the hose after giving the grass a soaking."
From The Guardian ● Nov. 8, 2012
But Motauri's mouth had set, his boyish brows had coiled and firmed, and his glance was bright.
From Where the Pavement Ends by John Russell
He felt the upthrust of the R. A. Effect; he felt, too, the pull of a body that had coiled about his ship.
From Astounding Stories, May, 1931 by Various
She had coiled her hair loosely—Audrey was given to dressing herself hurriedly—and one long plait had become unfastened.
From Lover or Friend by Rosa Nouchette Carey
Fred had dug worms for us, and they had coiled themselves up into a huge ball in the shell of an old cocoa-nut, ready to be impaled on our hooks.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 by Various
