curl
verb (used with object)
to form into coils or ringlets, as the hair.
was curling
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past progressiveof curl.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Said Benrahma came closest to breaking the deadlock when his well-struck effort was curling into the far corner before Alexandros Paschalakis turned it round the post.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2023
“When I took the kick, it was curling in and I was like, ‘Oh my gosh that has to be in,’” said Colby, a defender.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 19, 2022
The 3-D camera revealed that smoke was curling inside the patient’s closed abdomen.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 23, 2019
It was curling . . . curling . . . until it clanged off the right field foul pole at Camden Yards.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 11, 2018
The black at the edge of my vision was curling up.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
