Example Sentences

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When baited properly, a cut plug herring will corkscrew through the water similar to a live herring.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2022

Spiralling staircases will corkscrew down the multiple levels, landing on a gently sloping open plaza, conceived as an extension of the public realm outside.

From The Guardian • Jan. 15, 2017

From this single location, Hamm explains, four drills will corkscrew down nearly two miles, then turn and pierce the rock horizontally, two wells to the north, two to the south.

From BusinessWeek • Jan. 19, 2012