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Now Roberto Vega was bouncing his head as if jazz were being played somewhere not far away and the congregation was coiling slowly like a snake, waiting for the Holy Spirit to strike.

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez

A venomous, slimy snake was coiling itself about the feet of the marquise, fouling her with its tainted breath.

From The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Wingfield, Lewis

"How lucky we had the rope along," ventured Jotham, who was coiling up the article in question at the time he spoke.

From Boy Scouts on a Long Hike Or, To the Rescue in the Black Water Swamps by Fletcher, Archibald Lee

She saw him come again into the light; he had the rope in his hand, was coiling it.

From The Everlasting Whisper by Gregory, Jackson

They hurried to the hayfield below the barn where Matthew was coiling hay, and, as luck would have it, Mrs. Lynde was talking to Marilla at the lane fence.

From Anne of Green Gables by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)