curlicued

verb

past tense of curlicue
as in curled

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for curlicued
  1. curled
  2. coiled
  3. circled
  4. curved
  5. arched
  6. crooked
  7. spiraled
  8. bowed
Verb
  • Hans Vanaken curled it around both Freese and American defender Tim Ream for an easy goal.
    — Chris Branch, New York Times, 7 July 2026
  • But partway though a fantasia on American tunes, a man sitting across my aisle in Jay Pritzker Pavilion curled inwards on himself.
    — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Definition of curled
Verb
  • Beach waves run the gamut from tight and coiled to long and easy, all depending on your hair type.
    — Calin Van Paris, InStyle, 4 July 2026
  • Probably the most stylish climber in the professional peloton, flowing and coiled, Del Toro stunned in last year’s Giro.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 1 July 2026
Definition of coiled
Verb
  • Black-fly bites from the week before had crusted near our hairlines and circled our wrists.
    — John Todd, Outdoor Life, 9 July 2026
  • Earlier in 2026, a crew of four astronauts circled the moon without landing during the Artemis II mission.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Definition of circled
Verb
  • In the final minute of stoppage time to end the first half, Morocco's Achraf Hakimi curved his free kick right in front of the goal, seemingly just one perfect touch away from a goal.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 30 June 2026
  • If spacetime is curved, then the path of light is also curved.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 29 June 2026
Definition of curved
Verb
  • When the rain cleared, a rainbow arched above the New York skyline.
    — Bryan West, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • She was braced against a near-vertical gray rock on a steep part of the mountain, with her back unnaturally arched and her face pointed at the sky, eyes open.
    — William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Definition of arched
Verb
  • Two days after the Knicks were booed frequently while trailing by 30 points in the first half of their 114-97 loss to Dallas, the scoreboard was crooked in their favor.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Her most unusual feature was her teeth, which were crooked in a way that reminded me of a spiral staircase.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Jan. 2026
Definition of crooked
Verb
  • Ajax spiralled back into crisis after the Italian Francesco Farioli left for Porto last summer.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 30 June 2026
  • In the months after Assad’s fall in Syria, there were several eruptions of violence between groups loyal and opposed to al-Sharaa that spiraled into sectarian revenge attacks, in which Sunni Islamist fighters affiliated with the new government carried out attacks on Alawite and Druze civilians.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 June 2026
Definition of spiraled
Verb
  • Teammate Freddie Freeman bowed as Ohtani made his way back to the dugout.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 July 2026
  • After the game, Ochoa, who is 40 and the third oldest player at the tournament, kissed the post and bowed to his fans with tears in his eyes before leaving the pitch.
    — Juliana Kim, NPR, 6 July 2026
Definition of bowed
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“Curlicued.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curlicued. Accessed 13 Jul. 2026.

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