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
When it was lit and a thread of smoke was curling up from the bowl, he used the pipe to emphasize what he said, drawing little designs, like Chinese writing, in the air.
From "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden
