Example Sentences

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The molten lava twisted and writhed as though a thousand serpents were coiling and uncoiling.

From Doubloons—and the Girl by Forbes, John Maxwell

His men were coiling down ropes, and Evan's two men were sitting under the weather gunwale aft, talking with the guards of the princess.

From A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)

The chauffeur was already in his place, and the two men were coiling up their ropes and piling the heavy planks and rollers on board the truck.

From Tom Slade at Temple Camp by Fitzhugh, Percy Keese

But forward in our ships the men were coiling the great cables that should, we hoped, bring the bridge and stones alike down harmlessly to us.

From King Olaf's Kinsman A Story of the Last Saxon Struggle against the Danes in the Days of Ironside and Cnut by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)

The dock hands had dropped and were coiling the line that had separated the crowd from the landing stage.

From The Gray Dawn by White, Stewart Edward