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

Something was curling around my leg like a snake.

From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan