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vb. (present participle of curl up English)
Usage examples of "curling up".
Lujon sipped his drink, watching, it would seem, the clouds down at the horizon curling up like paper crisped in the fire of sunrise.
She should have been moaning and bitching about how uncomfortable she was, rather than calmly curling up on the ground for a nap.
Cold radiated off of her, little wisps of steam curling up as ice crystals formed on the steps at her feet.
Around her lay five more gigantic shapes, shrouded in damp burlap, with the wisps of fragrant smoke curling up around them, vanishing into the soft drizzle.
She turned out the light and got into bed on the opposite side, pulling the sheet up over both of them and curling up in her usual position, just as if they had done this for years, but the casual pose was completely superficial.
Pandemonium broke loose, commuters and tourists curling up against walls, running out into the streets - incredibly, some going towards the source of the explosion - or clutching at each other and waiting for the worst to happen.
His hand was on her breast, the magic that had healed and restored her curling up from his fingers.
A dark cloud was curling up and away from Flowfoam Isle, high into the sky over the Vale.
He felt her curling up against him, her sobs slackening, her tears drying, and with them, the terror in her soul.
She muttered something else and rolled over her bound hands, curling up on her right side, turned away from me.