Thesaurus results for CURL UP

curl up

verb

Definition of curl up next

as in to snuggle

to sit or recline comfortably or cozily I love to curl up in a big chair with a good book

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Recent Examples of curl up The video shows a person curled up on the ground as a group of people punch and kick him. —

Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 8 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 When the family traveled by horse and carriage through the town, Eileen was made to curl up in the footwell, where she was covered by a blanket. —

Literary Hub, 8 May 2026 Like the masses curling up to watch Friends, advertisers are being invited by media companies and streamers to tune into a repeat at next week’s annual upfronts in New York. —

Dade Hayes, Deadline, 8 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for curl up

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To him, Hepburn was just his sweet, hands-on, sometimes cheesy mother who loved to sneakily eat spaghetti with ketchup and snuggle with him while watching tv.

— Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026
Richard and Alejandra snuggle together in this sweet throwback from 2017.

— Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026