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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Fawns can also be found curled up in tall grass or in your backyard, with their mother nowhere in sight.
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Cody Godwin, USA Today, 13 May 2026
Spend the day canoeing, fishing, playing croquet, or just curling up with a good book.
—Jess Hoffert, Midwest Living, 9 May 2026
On Thursday, tiny kittens at the San Diego Humane Society’s kitten nursery were curled up close together, sleeping.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026
Ribbons of roses curl up the sides of the lights along 6th Street, Chinese dragons hang from the lamps on Olympic Boulevard, and topless women watch over Wilshire Boulevard from their cast-iron perches.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026
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Cody Godwin, USA Today, 13 May 2026
Spend the day canoeing, fishing, playing croquet, or just curling up with a good book.
—Jess Hoffert, Midwest Living, 9 May 2026
On Thursday, tiny kittens at the San Diego Humane Society’s kitten nursery were curled up close together, sleeping.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026
Ribbons of roses curl up the sides of the lights along 6th Street, Chinese dragons hang from the lamps on Olympic Boulevard, and topless women watch over Wilshire Boulevard from their cast-iron perches.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for curl up
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“Curl up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/curl%20up. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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