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

It was as if a snake had coiled itself about her fingers.

From Robert Tournay A Romance of the French Revolution by Sage, William

A nervous terror seized him, and, paralyzed by fright, he pointed out to Tonio the white leg of Aminta, around which a viper had coiled itself.

From The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 by Various

The latter had coiled up the rope, and laid it by him; and had then thrown himself down, and was sobbing bitterly.

From For the Temple A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

The snake had coiled in front of the first stake.

From Bloom of Cactus by Coleman, Ralph P. (Ralph Pallen)