curlicuing

present participle of curlicue

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for curlicuing
Verb
  • Fans of curling, figure skating, and a weird sport where people ski and then fire a gun are eagerly anticipating February 2026 for the return of the Winter Olympics!
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Dressed in a plain baby blue spaghetti-strap top, the 31-year-old is having her glam squad ready her, meticulously curling her waist-length extensions and sharpening her cat-eye eyeliner.
    Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Even folks who seem to have it all together, like Ron’s slick CEO Jeff (Lou Diamond Phillips), only ever seem one twinge of embarrassment away from falling off the deep end.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2025
  • In reality, the wheels were falling off the defense almost from the outset.
    Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Before a lunar landing mission is attempted, NASA is planning to launch four astronauts on its Artemis II mission in 2026 on a 10-day mission circling the moon.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Ellison has been circling WBD since early September, having made his intentions known about a month after the completion of the $8 billion Skydance-Paramount merger.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Foster had wanted the conflict to be embedded in the Jewish grieving process, which is completely foreign to Joanne and leaves her spiraling over Noah’s whereabouts.
    Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Yves Saint Laurent, Andy Warhol and decorator Jacques Grange — who curated a room in the exhibit — attended an auction of Doucet’s collection in 1972, kickstarting an Art Deco revival that sent prices spiraling.
    Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Dense dust lanes can be seen coiling around Andromeda's glowing galactic center, which is thought to house a supermassive black hole 140 million times more massive than our sun.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Hadid's looks for the night included a lace lingerie piece dripping in silver fringe and a red hot satin bra with a matching garter and underwear, along with a floor-sweeping robe.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
  • His first goal for Spain’s under-20s was similarly spectacular, starting the move against Mexico after an incisive pass into Virgili before sweeping into the far corner with an unstoppable first-time strike.
    Thom Harris, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Spotify is bowing its first-ever FAST channel on Samsung TV Plus stocked with video podcasts from Bill Simmons’ The Ringer.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
  • He will be killed by his brother, the angel Ejllael (Steve Noh), for bowing to a human.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Curlicuing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curlicuing. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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