Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for curlicued
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The students passing precious paintings up to safety, bracing against waters that curled around hips and thighs.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026 -
Vinicius Jr received a pass from team-mate Kylian Mbappe, dribbled away from Benfica right-back Amar Dedic and curled a superb right-footed shot into the far top corner of the goal.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The form recalls the work’s titular gastropod—massive, coiled, immobilized by its own weight.—
Anel Rakhimzhanova,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2026
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Sula’s head rested on her arm, an undone braid coiled around her wrist.—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
17 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Meanwhile, the Padres’ Jase Bowen circled the bases.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
25 Feb. 2026
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Conspiracy theorists probably think White circled this game on his calendar.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Feb. 2026
Verb
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What looks remote on a flat map proves adjacent when the map is curved.—
Anel Rakhimzhanova,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2026
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Almost shaped like the letter G, the industrial form is curved inward to create room (but taking up more square footage) for the table’s mango-wood surface.—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
27 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Back on the highway, the rearview mirror showed the clouds had lifted, the waters were still, and a rainbow had arched across the sky.—
Marlise Kast-Myers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Feb. 2026
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Engage your core so that your back is flat (not arched or rounded).—
Jenny McCoy,
Outside,
30 Jan. 2026
Verb
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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
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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
Verb
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The plunging value of the rial was one trigger for protests that began in late December in Tehran’s main bazaar and then spiraled nationwide.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 Feb. 2026
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Either the pebble clouds sometimes collapsed into two separate, co-orbiting bodies that spiraled closer together over time or this binary formed at once, with the rapid spinning and stickiness of the icy pebbles somehow producing the strange shape.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
19 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Katherine Nguyen stood with hands folded and head bowed at the altar of a Buddhist temple in Rosemead.—
Deepa Bharath,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2026
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Katherine Nguyen stood with hands folded and head bowed at the altar of a Buddhist temple in Southern California.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 Mar. 2026
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“Curlicued.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curlicued. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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