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curl up

verb

Definition of curl up

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 This super comfy chair looks like the best place to curl up and read a book. — Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 17 Aug. 2026 Use this set as pajamas during the night or on a lazy Saturday when curling up with a book sounds good. — Sarah Scott, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2026 Already great features that had been added earlier include the Yacht Club, an observation room with big windows and coffee bar, the perfect place to curl up with a latte and views. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Aug. 2026 This depends on the exact type of Calabi-Yau manifolds [into which spatial dimensions might curl up]. — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 11 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for curl up

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But these kittens can't stop snuggling after being separated.

— Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
The next slide showed Thurston snuggling up with her dog, Charlie.

— Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of snuggle

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The two-day event gave attendees a choice of main stage concerts, storytelling, mini-concerts and jam sessions on stages nestled on the north end of the park.

— Linda Girardi, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026
It’s set on a remote farm nestled high in the Rocky Mountains in the early 1950s, and the images — of jutting peaks and plunging valleys, of endless stretches of pine, of the craggy frosted grandeur of it all — are vivid enough to carry you away.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

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