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How to use the word curled in a Sentence?

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I didn’t know what I was allowed to be, you can’t wear this. You can’t do that. You start to feel a little nervous to do anything. I spent plenty of days in a curled-up little ball, just crying and not understanding.

Louise Linton

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

In the radio blackout I opened the little plastic packages which contained bread and wine, i poured the wine into the chalice our church had given me. In the one-sixth gravity of the moon, the wine curled slowly and gracefully up the side of the cup. It was interesting to think that the very first liquid ever poured on the moon, and the first food eaten there, were communion elements.

Buzz Aldrin

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Photos were substantially curled and deteriorating. We had coins and medallions that were oxidizing and some of the materials they were stored in were breaking down.

Neil Armstrong

Found on CNN
5 years ago

There are times where you think she's OK and there are times where she's curled up in the middle of the floor crying and shaking and having panic attacks.

Danielle Thomas

Found on CNN
7 years ago

Someone yelled, ‘Run for your life!’ and I looked up and it was gray, there was this static sound and we all just ran in different directions, i was thrown about 30 feet, landed in a walkway and just curled up and prayed.

John Episcopo

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Since commonly people with pets dismiss placing their pet outside of their bedroom at night, the question of whether having the pet on the floor, on the bed or curled up next to them becomes important in realizing the goal of helping them to sleep as well as possible with their pet.

Lois Krahn

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Sleeping on your side and curled up in a ball is not the best position because it tends to build up that pressure in the structures and discs in the back, particularly if we sustain that posture for a long time at night. You want to be in a more neutral position, and some people sleep on their stomach, but again that's not advisable, particularly if people have neck pain or headaches.

Grant Wilson

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

She was just as surprised as we were, the woman said that the dog must have climbed into the suitcase and curled up in the clothing while she was packing for her trip.

Lisa Farbstein

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

He was kind of in a fetal position and you could see like his arms and his legs curled up, it was actually really cool to see, and when I heard that was actually really rare, I was like, oh my gosh, you're a special little baby.

Mom Chelsea Philips

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

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