Example Sentences

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Mine involves eye contact, a short smile, a slow uncurling of the fingers, a small raise of the wrist, and a four- to five-second hold.

From Slate • Mar. 28, 2020

By curling and uncurling their toes, geckos can alternate between sticking and unsticking from a surface, and thus easily move across it.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

“The important thing is that I can shoot a gun again now,” Azar said, gently curling and uncurling his fingers.

From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2016

Both of us were upon her, coaxing her hands way from her face, uncurling her to reveal wet cheeks.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 14, 2014

He must have slept, though he hadn’t meant to, because the next thing he knew, she was moving, curling into a ball and uncurling.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell