Formed ringlets

Usage examples of curled.

Elessa held up the black-furred kittisnake, which curled around her hands, cooing breathily to show its contentment.

When Reeve had looked for the child at midnight, he had found him, 'tail' in hand, and Hrriss's tail curled around his waist, the two fast asleep in each other's arms.

The boy's face lit up with a tentative smile and the small grubby hand curled into Ken's.

Slowly the child curled up into the tight little ball in which he always slept.

It was a compelling sight, as the rear half of the snake curled herself on the floor behind the body of the other and switched her tail fitfully as the front half swayed, striking at this dancer or that with her fangs.

She spent the night curled up on Dalkey's hard mattress, dreaming of snaking tapes with matched ends that then split apart to reattach themselves to other loose ends, and satellite spheres with the face of Askell Klonski, and each wart on his face another capped sensor.

Greene said, his lip curled derisively "With claws that could gut a space shuttle.

The spotted cat sat bolt upright on the back of the shifting mare, his tail curled around his haunches much as his master's was.

Then, with no apparent ef fort, he curled the long fingers of one hand around her upper arm and simply withdrew her from the water, supporting her until she got her balance.

Then there was only a short piece of vine left in his hand, the final edge tickling as it curled into his palm.

Then they curled up together in the blankets and were almost instantly asleep.

I saw hull plates and other debris shoot away from the body of his ship, and the frayed edges curled, imploded!

Lunzie curled her knees up close to protect her belly and chest and tried to wrench apart the knobby toes with both hands.

His curled in the same arrogant sneer, gloating in his safety, in her danger.

Cats, however, were notoriously clean and neat and slept quietly, curled up in mounds of fur.