Example Sentences

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People have to connect in a different building, and we have coiled 38 miles of cable in a box that creates this physical distance.

From The Verge • Jul. 2, 2015

We have coiled up our hair and crossed take-out chopsticks in it.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

He would have done better by lying still, for in that position the snake could not have coiled around and constricted him.

From The Castaways by Pearse, Lolbran

Philip Vansittart is in love with a gay, pretty child, whose winsome tricks have coiled her round his heart.

From Tales from Many Sources Vol. V by Various

On level ground, where he could have coiled, and where his sensitive under surface could have slid comfortably over smooth earth, he would not have shirked combat when cornered.

From The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories by Patten, William