curl
verb (used with object)
to form into coils or ringlets, as the hair.
have curled
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present perfectof curl.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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If I knew how tiny Limgrave and Caelid would turn out to be when I got started, my character would have curled up in a ball and cried.
From The Verge ● Apr. 4, 2022
Instead, I have curled around the books of my youth — “The Chronicles of Narnia,” “The Dark is Rising” series; all the Joan Aikens, E. Nesbits and Laura Ingalls Wilders.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2020
The flurries of rabbits have curled up in their warrens.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 31, 2019
“Karen could have curled up in a ball and hidden away,” said Ms. Schachtner, the medical examiner.
From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2014
In the candlelight, Bod could see his guardian standing beside a large leather chest, of the kind they call a steamer trunk—big enough that a tall man could have curled up and slept inside it.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
