curl up
verb
curled up; curling up; curls up
: to arrange oneself in or as if in a ball or curl
curl up by the fire
curl up with a good book
Examples of curl up in a Sentence
I love to curl up in a big chair with a book.
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Agents trekked through muddy terrain in the dark and eventually found Medina curled up in a ball next to a tree.
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Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 24 Mar. 2026
One catch was that these strings must have 10 space-time dimensions to wiggle around in, so string theorists posited that there must be six tiny extra directions curled up at each point in our familiar four-dimensional space-time.
—Quanta Magazine, 23 Mar. 2026
Outside, curl up on an Adirondack chair for s’mores and stargazing.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2026
The dogs are curled up at our feet.
—Abigail Wise, Outside, 16 Mar. 2026
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Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 24 Mar. 2026
One catch was that these strings must have 10 space-time dimensions to wiggle around in, so string theorists posited that there must be six tiny extra directions curled up at each point in our familiar four-dimensional space-time.
—Quanta Magazine, 23 Mar. 2026
Outside, curl up on an Adirondack chair for s’mores and stargazing.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2026
The dogs are curled up at our feet.
—Abigail Wise, Outside, 16 Mar. 2026
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“Curl up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/curl%20up. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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