were uncurling
- past progressive of uncurl.
Example Sentences
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The tender new shoots of the Virginia creeper were uncurling themselves at the window ledge and feeling their way upward toward freedom—and Nort put his head in among them.
From Hempfield A Novel by Grayson, David