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• Watch out — that curling iron is still piping hot.From the entry piping hot
• Haaland was having his shirt pulled as he advanced onto Phil Foden's curling cross for his opener.2022 August 31, Simon Stone, “Manchester City 6-0 Nottingham Forest”, in BBC Sport. From the entry one-touch
• He whuffs, the air knocked out of his lungs, rolling over and curling into a foetal position.2021, Jackson Ford, Eye of the Sh*t Storm. From the entry whuff
• Nearby, Marikosan picked the rising and curling forestems for later cooking.2016, George C. Zidbeck, Observations and Reflections of a Country Squire. From the entry forestem
• But Adam Johnson's curling shot in stoppage time clinched the points.2011 October 29, Neil Johnston, “Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC Sport. From the entry clinch
• He then started to stockwhip Frencham, curling the whip six times around his body.1964, Frederick Christian Folkard, The Remarkable Australians, page 95. From the entry stockwhip
• In the Byronic fashion of the period the hair falls into a curling side-lever on each cheek.1934, Brian Penton, chapter 2, in Landtakers: The Story of an Epoch. From the entry side-lever
• She had taken her hair out of the curling pins and now wore an elaborate fringe.1915, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “Chapter LXXXVIII”, in Of Human Bondage, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, →OCLC. From the entry fringe
• Curling the lashes with an eyelash curler prior to mascara application will make the eyes seem more wide open and bright.2015, Zoe Diana Draelos, Cosmetic Dermatology: Products and Procedures, Wiley & Sons, →ISBN. From the entry eyelash curler
• Of these various four-handed animals, the most remarkable are decidedly the "gueribas," with curling tails and a face like Beelzebub.2013, Jules Verne, The Collected Works Of Jules Verne, →ISBN. From the entry four-handed
• It was Bannan who released Agbonlahor for his goal with a long-range curling pass after Stephen Warnock had dispossessed Mohamed Diame.2011 October 1, John Sinnott, “Aston Villa 2 - 0 Wigan”, in BBC Sport. From the entry dispossess
• Composed play then saw Sam Ricketts nutmeg Ashley Cole before Taylor whipped a fine curling effort over Petr Cech's bar.2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC. From the entry whip
• 'I'm no more a tankie than you are,' he said, curling back dry lips to show the slablike teeth.2010, Michael Asher, The Flaming Sword (Death or Glory; part 2), London: Michael Joseph, →ISBN. From the entry tankie
• When curling the weight, bring the barbell up toward the chin, then return it to its starting position.2008, Joseph Lee Klapper, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Boosting Your Metabolism, page 119. From the entry curl
• Handy was a brown-faced man with crisply curling brown hair and blue eyes; a wide-handed, capable Philadelphia seaman.2000, John Clagett, Captain Whitecap, →ISBN, page 72. From the entry wide-handed
• The Hempshocks' sheep were notoriously the finest for miles around: shaggy-coated and intelligent (for sheep), with curling horns and sharp hooves.1999, Neil Gaiman, Stardust, Perennial, published 2001, page 30. From the entry notoriously
• Curling organic orange leather armchairs are superbly stylish and comfortable only surpassed by zoomorphic monoped wood and metal tables.1989, Design - Issues 487-492, page 43. From the entry monoped
• Santa Claus in a glowing costume of scarlet satin, becoming to her rosy, youthful face and mop of curling gray hair.1936 January 12, Cousin Eve [pseudonym], “[Archbishop of York Delights Chicago Society […]] Chummy Place Cards Cause a Hubbub.”, in…. From the entry Mme. Santa Claus
• Frame-by-frame analysis revealed how the pigflesh charred while the greedy napalm burned, the pigs’ innards curling out to embrace the flame, providing fuel from within.2010, Scott Westerfeld, “Non-Disclosure Agreement”, in Tim Pratt, editor, Sympathy for the Devil, San Francisco, Calif.: Night Shade…. From the entry pigflesh
• The hot curling iron burn on my neck was starting to scab but it looked like it might hang around a lifetime.2007, Nancy Bush, Electric Blue, page 212. From the entry alienish
• The reason I said the guard wasn't the toughest shot in curling is because, in my book, that's a shot called the freeze.2006, Bob Weeks, Curling for Dummies, page 143. From the entry freeze
• It ate with a kind of baleful indifference, its wet, snottery trunk curling out mechanically to take the food through the bars.2003, James Robertson, Joseph Knight, →ISBN, page 103. From the entry snottery
• The name scorpionweed comes from the curling habit of the blossoming flower heads which somewhat resemble the flexed tail of a scorpion in striking position.1985, Natt Noyes Dodge, Jeanne R. Janish, Flowers of the Southwest deserts, page 109. From the entry scorpionweed
• Margin of dolon curling smoothly to distal margin of velum both anteriorly and posteriorly, but dolonal margins not in contact when valves closed.1977, Murray John Copeland, Early Paleozoic Ostracoda from Southwestern District of Mackenzie and Yukon Territory, page 30. From the entry anteriorly
• My hair is super thick so the most a half hour with a curling iron can do is give me loose wavyish curls, but that's enough.2013, Beverley Kendall, All Over You. From the entry wavyish
• They moaned and grumbled and complained as they stamped their feet on the banks of the Phlegethon and warmed their talons over the curling flames of an infernal brazier.1995, Andrew Harman, “Of Blueprints and Hair-nets”, in Fahrenheit 666, London: Legend Books, →ISBN, page 172. From the entry Phlegethon
• Taking the scissors, Kim snipped from the back, near her nape, then thrust the hair forward, the small honey blond coil curling around Madame Loulou's outstretched fingers.1990, Lynn Leslie, chapter 1, in Street of Dreams, Harlequin Intrigue, page 12. From the entry honey blond
• A hovering, storklike balance with the body curling round an unseen sphere--one bent leg raised halfway up in front, bent arms and torso describing the space.1988 April 29, Cerinda Survant, “The Invisible Dancer”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry storklike
• But, first and foremost, "Retreat with Stilwell" is a rip snorting, spine tingling, hair curling story, and as such it is quite likely to hold you.1943 March 14, Arthur Otis, “Belden Pens a Hair-Curling Story of Disaster in Burma”, in Chicago Daily Tribune, retrieved 09 Nov 2010, page…. From the entry hair-curling
• “Do you see anything there?” I looked at the broad plumed hat, the curling love-locks, the white lace collar, and the straight, severe face which was framed between them.1901, Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter 13, in The Hound of the Baskervilles. From the entry love-lock

Meaning of curling

1. noun The action or motion of something that curls or is curled.
2. noun A winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice and attempt to get their color stones closest to the house (a circular target marked on the ice).

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Questions about curling in a sentence

How do you use curling in a sentence?

Curling is used as a noun. For example: “Watch out — that curling iron is still piping hot.”

What is a short sentence with curling?

“curlings of smoke”

What does curling mean?

Curling means the action or motion of something that curls or is curled.