Example Sentences

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Blair Spittal had curled in a fantastic shot at the end of a first half the hosts had much the better of.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2024

Before that, Alex Telles had clipped the crossbar with a curling free kick and opposite full back Diogo Dalot had curled over at the end of a marauding run.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2021

Remember when I told you how pandemic isolation had curled my mother-in-law into herself?

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2021

Some of the lily pads were turning pink and had curled up; they looked like the veined wings of a prehistoric insect.

From Washington Post • Jan. 7, 2021

She had curled her hair in honor of the occasion and was out on the terrace in her coat, waiting for her Uncle Jaime to take her out to buy her present.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende