How do you use Curled in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like coiled or curling, plus the exact meaning.
Curled in a sentence
Related words
Curled meaning
simple past and past participle of curl
Using Curled
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of curl
- Useful related words include: curled up, coiled, curling, curly.
- In the example corpus, curled often appears in combinations such as: curled up, and curled, curled in.
Context around Curled
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 15 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Curled
- In this selection, "curled" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, smoke, acosta, fernandez, marbled, home and lips stand out and add context to how "curled" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include area and curled into the and ball fernandez curled a fine. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "curled" sits close to words such as acquainted, adv and aerodynamic, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with curled
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
As the seconds dwindled, cigar smoke curled into the air, a clear signal of victory. (15 words)
In the second half, Dylan O’Kane curled a shot inches wide as Glens searched for an equaliser. (18 words)
A baby should never be curled so their chin is forced onto their chest as this can restrict their breathing. (20 words)
Hibs got their second goal in simplistic fashion when Miller rose highest to head home a curled-in corner from Joe Newell on 58 minutes but Australian received his marching orders six minutes later for bringing down Beck on the edge of the box. (44 words)
For me, there is no sign of her when she is curled up in that perfect opossum-size hidey-hole, but several times a day Rascal will park himself directly above the place where she is sleeping. (37 words)
He was found after six days by three soldiers seeking shelter from the rain, who entered a hut to find Yamato curled up on a mattress, five kilometres from the roadside where he had been left. (36 words)
McGonigle added a sixth for City on the 89th when he expertly curled his strike into the far corner - the Dungiven man's first goal from the club since August 13th when he netted against Drogheda! (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
A baby should never be curled so their chin is forced onto their chest as this can restrict their breathing.
As the seconds dwindled, cigar smoke curled into the air, a clear signal of victory.
At 59 minutes, and off a short corner entry, Acosta curled the ball toward the congregation in the box, where hometown hero Hagglund headed it home to seal the match for Cincinnati.
At the center of it all is not a Minotaur but a statue of beautiful Eros with curled marbled hair and a cloth over his groin.
But when Chelsea regained the ball, Fernandez curled a fine ball into the box, Felix peeled away from his marker and was left alone in front of goal.
Celtic were also missing a midweek scorer in Daizen Maeda but Ange Postecoglou simply swapped in another in Sead Haksabanovic, who’d curled home the clinching goal from the bench.
Ernest Hamwi, a Syrian concessions vendor, supposedly curled a waffle cookie to hold the frozen treat so fairgoers could wander around and eat.
Fifteen minutes before the interval, Michael Clunan picked out Oxlade-Chamberlain who curled his effort into the net from outside the box.
For me, there is no sign of her when she is curled up in that perfect opossum-size hidey-hole, but several times a day Rascal will park himself directly above the place where she is sleeping.
He was found after six days by three soldiers seeking shelter from the rain, who entered a hut to find Yamato curled up on a mattress, five kilometres from the roadside where he had been left.
Hibernian’s best chance came just after the interval when Jordan Obita curled in a perfect cross for Boyle, but the forward could not keep his volley down from six yards.
Hibs got their second goal in simplistic fashion when Miller rose highest to head home a curled-in corner from Joe Newell on 58 minutes but Australian received his marching orders six minutes later for bringing down Beck on the edge of the box.
I curled into a ball and closed my eyes as he continued to hit me, hoping that I wouldn’t faint from the pain.
I'm part of a community, sometimes standing at the stove, sometimes curled up between the covers, bound by our relationship to food and to each other.
In the second half, Dylan O’Kane curled a shot inches wide as Glens searched for an equaliser.
It is believed to have been influenced by the Old French word "corole" or "curule," which meant curly or curled.
Kemp shifted the ball onto his left on the edge of the area and curled into the bottom left past the despairing dive of Foster.
Leicester, who remain 14th, were lacklustre although Kelechi Iheanacho had a goal flagged for offside shortly after Trossard’s disallowed effort and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall curled a shot just wide in the second half.
McGonigle added a sixth for City on the 89th when he expertly curled his strike into the far corner - the Dungiven man's first goal from the club since August 13th when he netted against Drogheda!
Occasionally, the President speaks with curled lips about how transparent both he and his government have been, when the reality is of an official environment knotted with secrecies.
Common combinations with curled
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- curled up 44×
- and curled 27×
- curled in 21×
- curled into 14×
- curled shot 9×
- he curled 7×
- curled her 7×
- curled the 6×
- curled his 6×
- is curled 6×