How To Use Curling In A Sentence

  • It was only a couple of minutes after his toe-curling DJ'ing started that I gave up and turned over.
  • Then there were the curling sessions, saunas, card games and his hobby of star-gazing. The Sun
  • He lacks any backbone, as becomes apparent during the toe-curling dinner party that forms the play.
  • He regained his balance and then retreated to his post beside the door, curling into himself like a wounded possum. NO BODY
  • One arm disentangled itself from the covers, her fingers curling indolently into the fine cotton of the quilt.
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  • “It''s the biggest thing to happen in The Land Cod Forgot since the invention of the pogey cheque - Newfoundland''s native son Brad Gushue will represent Canada in curling at the 2006 Olympics in Turin," ” he wrote. Archive 2006-03-01
  • * Lead as activator in the fluorescent powder (1% lead by weight or less) of discharge lamps when used as sun tanning lamps containing phosphorus and when used as specialty lamps for diazo printing reprography, lithography, insect traps, photochemical and curling processes., Purchasing - Top Stories
  • Through the years I often attended the North Shore Winter Club mixed curling bonspiels at Seattle.
  • It's a popular centre for the sport of curling, an old game which is especially associated with Scotland.
  • They were all olive skinned, with dark curling hair of various lengths.
  • The sport of curling is a big deal here - Scotland won a gold medal at the last Olympics.
  • I pointed in both directions when appropriate, my lips curling slightly in a sneer.
  • He pulled the automatic from his holster but stopped short of curling his finger around the trigger.
  • She spun away from the mirror and hurried downstairs, forcing the curling tension aside.
  • He enjoys the sportsmanship of the sport so much he is a promoter and organizer of curling events.
  • The unknown sport of curling grips the nation as the British woman win the gold medal with the very last stone.
  • A cucumber sandwich is curling its lip.
  • Step one: Start by curling your lashes to ensure they blend seamlessly with the individual lashes, which have a built-in curl, and then apply one coat of mascara. Napoleon Perdis: Faking It: The Secret to Long, Lush Lashes
  • He applies a lightweight gloss after blow-drying and before curling to help keep her hair's natural volume and fullness under control and to add shine.
  • It is composed of a single floral head within a diamond framework flanked by four outwardly curling leaves.
  • In the midst of the morning rush-hour his laughter drifted after her, curling round her senses and inflaming her still further.
  • It is composed of a single floral head within a diamond framework flanked by four outwardly curling leaves.
  • Smoke was curling up from the chimney.
  • Something curious to the unaccustomed eye, these curling, clutching, digitated members raised above their usual range and common avocations, suddenly endowed with speech, and holding forth there in the silent upper air for the whole human economy. The Convert
  • Off subject, but no matter how stoned I get, curling is just not interesting. Matthew Yglesias » The Yoo and Bybee Rulings
  • She opened a drawer in the restroom cabinet, moved aside a curling iron and a hairbrush, and stared with a long face at the coin nestled among the hair pens and mascara wands.
  • She was deep in conversation with the girl sitting by her, bent forward, her hair curling round her face, her eyes wide.
  • I thought I got voted down on #3 because I thought curling is boring, even more than calling out Republican hypocrisy. Think Progress » Like His Friends In Congress, GOP House Candidate In Tennessee Also Guilty Of Stimulus Hypocrisy
  • Returning to the women's side, skip Marika Bakewell was voted by her curling peers as the all-star skip for the tournament.
  • Congratulations to the Nova Scotia hockey players who won gold at Salt Lake, and to the Nova Scotia curlers who will be going to the World Curling Championships.
  • The cake was crispy on the outside and gooey on the inside, and toe-curlingly rich.
  • Airdrie found the net again first, a poacher's special by Owen Coyle after Martin Hardie's curling shot came back off the post.
  • Mary was busy curling her hair.
  • As a strow will shaw she does the wind blague, recting to show the rudess of a robur curling and shewing the fansaties of a frizette. Finnegans Wake
  • Didn't make the curling team. Times, Sunday Times
  • He shimmied slightly to give himself space in the centre of the park then launched a curling 20-yard shot into the right hand side of the net.
  • He eyed the smoke curling out of the oven and was in a state of semi-panic and confusion.
  • While such toe-curling confessionals may grate with some, they nonetheless fill its forty-five minutes with a world-weary warmth and idealism to match the boundary-breaking beats.
  • Well the modern game of curling really comes from Scotland.
  • Spencer delights in mining the crudest elements of sex and bodily functions for toe-curling but breathtaking entertainment. This week's new comedy
  • The toe-curling sex scenes alone, which only the Spanish seem able to deliver, make the rental fee a small price to pay.
  • The fallen beechmast was cool and slippery under me, but a good many leaves still clung, yellowed and curling, to the tree above. Dragonfly in Amber
  • He was slimly built, refreshing after Hub's lardy expanse, with black, curling hair on his chest. PROSPECT HILL
  • I find it hard to imagine any activity more baffling than curling and the luge.
  • Revere enhanced the coat of arms with an asymmetrical cartouche, a curling trompe l' oeil motto scroll, and plants - all rococo devices.
  • And as well as the skiing, there is curling, skating, luge, sleigh rides and even hot-air ballooning.
  • Adam had always shown much more proclivity for curling up in his father's lap near a warm fire and listening to a good story than for tromping through snowdrifts.
  • Before curling your eyelashes, heat the curler with a hair dryer for a few seconds.
  • On a foot-tall ewer 12th to 14th century, a dragon dives into the round belly of the pitcher, its tail curling into a handle, its head bursting out the other end as a spout. Vietnamese Vessels for the Heart and Soul
  • The second, though not quite matching the first's coruscating brilliance, was still peppered with hysterical moments and the usual quota of toe-curling tomfoolery.
  • He walked slowly back around the stones, still looking, a growing sense of deep cold curling through his wame. Songs of Love & Death
  • Wisps of her fringe had escaped the loose ponytail and were now curling around her oval face.
  • There's nothing like curling up with a mug of tea and a good book.
  • She stared into the depths of the fire and saw nothing but the curling tongues wrapped around red-hot coal.
  • Her hair was piled in curls atop her head with tendrils curling down softly and resting on her shoulders.
  • Despite his chill, and despite his teeth that were already beginning to chatter while the burning sun extracted the moisture in curling mist-wreaths from the deck planking, Van Horn cuddled Jerry in his arms and called him princeling, and prince, and a king, and a son of kings. CHAPTER VII
  • Proteins are notorious shape-shifters, curling and uncurling like serpents as they go about their work in and around living cells.
  • Duke hunted along the dashboard for a pen and jotted a few things in the borders of a curling menu.
  • The open sea blows huge out there, white circles curling on the crest of waves like eyes that notice momentarily our piece of shore-a rocking catboat, mangroves, an egret hunkered on a post.
  • Mary was busy curling her hair.
  • The entire body and limbs were covered with a thick fine hair or wool curling tightly to the skin.
  • It looked as if the rock had flowed around the pistol, curling strands of stone that gripped the barrel and the trigger-guard.
  • If your hair isn't wavy, use a curling wand. The Sun
  • A small fire crackled in the fireplace, thin wisps of smoke curling up the sturdy brick chimney.
  • She used a medium-barrel curling iron to turn the hair under and over before finger-styling it.
  • In the still air , smoke could be seen curling up from the chimney.
  • The Winter Olympics feature events such as the skeleton, the bobsleigh and snowboarding, as well as traditional winter sports such as ice skating, skiing and curling.
  • Clouds of smoke were observed on the following day curling up from the summit of a mountain jutting into the east side of the valley, probably raised by the Life in the Rocky Mountains
  • The athletes will compete to win medals in eighty-four events. They will test their skills in seven winter sports: biathlon, bobsleigh, curling, ice hockey, luge, skating and skiing.
  • The second half was barely a minute old when a tigerish Turley gave an indication that things were looking up - trying his luck from range with a curling effort that sailed not too far over the crossbar.
  • My legs, which I was already teetering on with dubious balance, seemed to give out and I collapsed, curling into a miserable ball under the glass.
  • Figo levelled the scores with a curling free kick.
  • He had tightly curling dark brown hair and distinctive black eyebrows. LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR
  • At the next, he drained a 40-foot curling putt to go one over par, and raised his arms to the heavens, a la Faldo.
  • Above his head, two angels bear the coat of arms of the Cistercian Order, while below, St. Bernard bears his crozier in his right hand, the abbatial veil curling around its shaft. New Illustration: The St. Bernard Triptych, Part II
  • In addition to hockey, curling and a host of other activities, Campus Rec broomball is played at the arena.
  • The children's phased tambourine crescendo and diminuendo near the start was astonishing, like a leaf opening and then curling - James Blades, doyen of postwar percussionists, couldn't have managed it better.
  • Fairfax queried lazily, half-absorbed in curling smoke-spirals upward in the quiet air. IN THE FOREST OF THE NORTH
  • The queen was beyond the blush of maidenhood, but dressed in maidenly green like the first hesitant uncurling feathery buds of April.
  • He straightens up into his delivery and blazes it into your glove so hard, dust rises, curling up like smoke.
  • There's a number of sports on the Winter Olympic program that are largely unknown to many Australians, sports like the Skeleton, Biathlon, and Curling.
  • From time to time, the wind changed direction so that you had to leap back to avoid a sudden tongue of flame curling back towards you.
  • Further, Langdon deems the sculpture — which depicts St. Teresa of Avila in spiritual ecstasy, based on a description in her autobiography — as pornographic, as it supposedly depicts the saint “on her back in the throes of a toe-curling orgasm.” Ron Howard, Angry & Demeaning?
  • Can she handle a car as well as she handles a curling broom? Times, Sunday Times
  • Mary was busy curling her hair.
  • Saturday brought out the men, and Bentson easily took first place by curling 85 pounds for 63 reps with his massive guns.
  • He put the "curl" in curling with slow-motion shots that wound around opponents 'stones to slide into scoring position. Martin is straw that stirs unbeaten Canadian curling team
  • This show is really just an excuse to rehash some old jokes, routines and toe-curling audience singalongs within a theatrical format.
  • Rose enjoyed women's baseball in Giroux in her younger days, and later she took up curling, especially enjoying bonspiels.
  • The Ste Anne Curling Club is looking for additional curlers for all leagues.
  • He paused when his eye fell on the chrome scaffolding against the wall, his mouth curling in a derisory sneer. BETTER THAN THIS
  • Erez Lieberman styled himself as Decurio, the name given to the leader of a Roman squad of ten people, and used it as an excuse to crack toe-curling jokes. SuperCooperators
  • When the yellow cube had dissipated itself in curling fragrance, and he was deliberating about rolling a second, Borg suddenly spoke. CHAPTER 22
  • The next sports to follow will be athletics, curling and rugby.
  • I threw him a dirty look and turned back around, curling up in the seat again.
  • Which is fine, because it's not like there were things I wanted to do this week other than curling up on the sofa and trying to get and keep something in my system that has more substance in it than cloudberry tisane. Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway
  • The entire body and limbs were covered with a thick fine hair or wool curling tightly to the skin.
  • All the nonsense about curling up in a lounger is ridiculous. The Volokh Conspiracy » Effective Lawyering?
  • So to soften my face a bit, I discovered that I can dampen the wisps at my temples and get pin curls, no curling iron required. Archive 2009-01-01
  • You're curling twice as much weight, so you have to work harder, whereas alternate curls allow more rest for each arm between reps.
  • Imagine the Scottish curling or swimming championships taking place here, in the off-season for golf.
  • Twist the hair around the fingers, curling inwards, back towards the head. Times, Sunday Times
  • Fields of water smack together, foam spitting and curling, but it's sheltered in our cove.
  • He scowled, his upper lip curling so slightly that his lips did not part.
  • Most of the damage away from the seat of the fire was caused by smoke curling back in through balcony doors. The Sun
  • She wanted to give in, weaken, her eyes closing and her fingers curling on his hard shoulders.
  • It may not be the dirtiest election in history, but it will almost certainly be the most toe-curling.
  • Hair of an unruly curling black hung awry upon her crooked shoulders and cascaded to the waist.
  • Here he was, dressed in corduroy trousers and a light-blue shirt; concentrating, eyes half closed or fully shut; defined gestures; confident breath; fingers flat on the open holes of his clarinet; the muscles of his mouth tight, yet not puffing out his cheeks around the mouthpiece; his upper lip surprisingly mobile, at times seeming to inhale and swallow the top of the reed and at times curling back as if to convey its decision to keep its distance, disavow that nasty instrument, and, all of a sudden, with sovereign authority, literally cut off its breath … In the Footsteps of Tocqueville (Part V)
  • Laurie's hand automatically moves to cover the silver brooch, fingers tracing the elaborate curling leaves encrusted with marcasite.
  • Shooting flames, smoke machines, klieg lights, back arching/lip curling guitarist posers -- it's "Dancing with the Stars" first ever Rock 'n' Roll night! 'Dancing with the Stars' rock week: We watch so you don't have to
  • She seems to have committed a toe-curling faux pas. Times, Sunday Times
  • Some cloud formations resembled mandalas while others looked like curling white scarves.
  • We must glue the mat down at the edges to stop it curling.
  • In his sleep he was home under a coconut tree on the Savannah or at Maracas Beach feeling bubbles of foam curling up between his toes.
  • We miss its toe-curling political incorrectness, its shabby vulgarity, its embarrassed actors, and its toilet-roll scripts.
  • Inspired by their parents, the two took up curling in 1987 at the age of 12.
  • Tall, handsome, unscrupulous, with splendid curling black cavalry whiskers, Flashman is also a compulsive womaniser.
  • Two men sit in a small, claustrophobic room, cigarette smoke curling through the soft light.
  • Rough stubbles of wispy hair were developing on his dimpled chin and his rough curling sandy brown hair was unkempt and tousled wildly.
  • Well at least there won't be a fight over who gets the curling iron and who gets the hair clippers with the 'flattop' attachment ... Latest Articles
  • They were covered in short, matted hair and had long tails curling behind them. Elric At The End of Time
  • In its essence, bowls is a combination of curling, chess and mini-golf.
  • Now, his dark eyes scanning his surroundings, he spots a woman with an unmistakable crop of curling red hair.
  • The vast curling crest of the hurricane reared over them, and its face stretched from horizon to horizon.
  • I saw the worst comedy act I've ever seen last night - it was absolutely toe-curling!
  • Curling into a ball to protect himself as debris tinked and clunked to the ground beside him, Gillespie folded his arms over his head. Etched in Bone
  • He had on a straw hat lined with green calico, and his trousers were of blue jeans, held up by "galluses" of the same; but he was a handsome fellow, with sound white teeth and thick curling locks. The Wizard's Daughter and Other Stories
  • This was an Open Bonspiel (which means tournament in curling terms), which consisted of men's, women's and mixed teams. Hack chat: Farewell to excellent host Vancouver
  • Tonight, amid a galaxy of sporting stars, curling will be back in the limelight.
  • In the still air , smoke could be seen curling up from the chimney.
  • The floor was carpeted a deep maroon, small vases woven into the pattern, each vase with a bouquet of curling flowers. STONE CITY
  • Although heat drying and curling irons are part of this newscaster's daily grind, she balances them with consistent conditioning and moisturizing.
  • The photograph was brown and curling at the edges.
  • A little later in the year, when the ferns are uncurling their long fronds, the troops of blue and white violets will come dancing down to the edge of the stream, and creep venturously out to the very end of that long, moss-covered log in the water. Little Rivers; a book of essays in profitable idleness
  • I had run 12 sets of 150 stairs, most of them taken two at a time, and the stench of wet bodies and morning fog enfolded me like a curling swath of rancid morning breath.
  • We set up under of a large boab tree - an icon of this part of Northern Australian - its spindly expressive branches curling over our tents from a chunky grey trunk.
  • He wrapped his fingers in her long curling hair and rested his forehead against hers.
  • Plainly, the animal is a hedgehog uncurling itself from the frozen leaves and sticks under which it is hibernating.
  • He stands upright, savage but mild, with his beard in curling prongs, his lean frame, his raiment of camel-skin; we can hear him speaking as he points to the Lamb carrying the hastate cross surrounded by a nimbus, pressing it to his bosom with both hands. The Cathedral
  • Now the horizon was brighter, with little curling lights flaring into the glow.
  • This is an approximation, the original was even more toe-curling, if you can believe it.
  • Can she handle a car as well as she handles a curling broom? Times, Sunday Times
  • My ideal Christmas was curling up in front of an open fire, nibbling goodies from a selection box, after a meal of turkey and stuffing followed by Christmas pudding.
  • They had left the curling tongs too close and they had to rush about trying to find a new moustache. Times, Sunday Times
  • He came up to me, as if knowing his benefactor by instinct, looking curiously about him, and curling and retracting his flexile snout and lip, after the manner of his kind. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
  • She contracts her abs, curling her pelvis up and bringing her knees toward her chest.
  • I close my eyes again, drawing my knees up to my chest and curling up in a defensive ball.
  • Curling combines the worst of shuffleboard and housekeeping.
  • Smoke rose in curling tendrils up to the ceiling that was starting to stain with the toxic fumes.
  • Her attempts to manage her own dark straight hair consisted of keeping it cut short and stabbing at it with a curling iron every once in a while.
  • Gross co-wrote, stars in and directed the dramedy about love, life and curling.
  • On one of them sat tall Yankel, his long, curling ear-locks flowing from beneath his Jewish cap, as he bounced about on the horse, like a verst-mark planted by the roadside. Taras Bulba
  • A look of disgust that had never been known to grace Michael's face settled heavily over his features, his upper lip curling as he surveyed her.
  • The curling iron was carefully slid away and the eye of the curl was glued in place with a gummed needle.
  • Curl with either rollers or curling iron, remove ponytail and brush out.
  • The articles of Arthur Ronald Constance, the famed ring columnist, lined the walls in ancient, browned, curling tatters.
  • It seemed that every strand of hair was in place, curling in loose ringlets towards the ends.
  • Each of the six separate playlets showcased a man-woman relationship, pinpointing toe-curling aspects of British life across the spectrum and behind the net curtains.
  • He nodded and smiled, his thin pink lips curling up and exposing his white teeth.
  • With toe-curling whimsicality, he sees fit to tell us the pet names he bestows on his various sculptures. The Times Literary Supplement
  • He was draw master for the senior mens' mixed curling for a while, as well as committee member for the Senior Golf Tournament for men and mixed, for a number of years.
  • Where can you meet the sanctimonious priest who knows more than he's letting on, the drunken father making a toe-curling speech at his daughter's wedding, or the schoolboy with unspeakable personal habits?
  • Her breaths shallowed and her small claws went from straight to curling, aching to clutch a warm body to her own. Kresley Cole Immortals After Dark: The Clan MacRieve
  • For those who love soft, easy tresses, using rollers instead of a curling iron to add texture is one of the most restful options around.
  • Tendrils of mist snaked from between the trees and lay across the road like a blanket of living snow, shifting, curling, reaching upward to ensnarl Ranyart's legs for only a moment before dissolving into nothingness. And Other Tales Of Valdemar
  • The "sweep ergometer," which was developed by scientists at Edinburgh University in Scotland, the country generally agreed to have invented curling in the 16th century, measures the pressure applied to the brush and the speed of the sweeping strokes on the ice. USATODAY.com - Brits sweep fancy broom envy under rug
  • The tops of their heads had the same randomly curling hair; even the way they hunched their shoulders was similar.
  • The Urlaur fans sensed a comeback and this was confirmed just before the shrill of the half-time whistle when Barry Nolan hit a curling shot into the bottom corner.
  • He was young with dark curling hair, the sleeves of his check shirt rolled back to expose muscular arms. THE KEYS OF HELL
  • A gracefully curling wave base bears aloft a pair of dancing dolphins, while overhead, a frosted-glass shade softly gleams with gently colored images of these frolicsome creatures at play.
  • Luka Modric Tottenham Hotspur v LiverpoolSuperb headers from Arsenal's Marouane Chamakh and Everton's Apostolos Vellios notwithstanding, the Croatia playmaker's vicious, curling seventh-minute purler deserves it for sheer Bobby Charltonesque oomph.51 League goals conceded from corners, free-kicks and penalties by Arsenal since the beginning of the 2009-10 season from a total of 100 goals scored against them in 81 games30 Most goals scored in a Premier League debut season – by Kevin Phillips in 2000. Peter Reid sacked after auctioning FA Cup medal to help pay staff
  • Lightly spritz with hairspray, then wrap small sections of hair around the curling irons from ear height downwards. Times, Sunday Times
  • I unconsciously syllogized thus: 'All red flannel has threads of warp and woof and a rough texture, caused by the coarse fibres of wool curling up stiffly; this is a piece of red flannel; hence this will be found to have these properties.' Buchanan's Journal of Man, September 1887 Volume 1, Number 8
  • The Republicans balancing a budget is about as likely as Jamaica dominating the future of world curling. Matthew Yglesias » Luce & Machiavelli on Leadership
  • The distorted features, the profusion of long, red hair, curling over a scared face, and the stalworth figure, shed some light upon the identity of the deceased. An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith
  • Beyond it flowed the heavy mainstream, with small eddies curling along and through the wire on the surface.
  • As a metal sculpture, its curling ends serve as hooks from which faux inflatables hang.
  • She had her hair in pigtails that went around her chin, curling under.
  • Ease, music, money-making, the affairs of his harem and the bringing-up of his children, are his chief interests, and his plump pale face with long-lashed hazel eyes, his curling beard and fat womanish hands, recall the portly potentates of In Morocco
  • Before curling your eyelashes, heat the curler with a hair dryer for a few seconds.
  • Standing up and stretching, I reached into the air, my back curving and my toes curling.
  • Also impressive are the portraits of well-fed burghers, such as the 1643 half-length figure of Paulus Verschuur, confident in his stylish hat, crisp collar and voluminous suit; a bare hand, gloves, sheer cuffs, a silken sash, curling hair and alert features are teased into existence with assured, staccato brushstrokes. Picture-Perfect Rogues' Gallery
  • By the 1940s the trend towards uniformity had eased and hair could be worn shoulder length in a pageboy style or curling at the ends or bunched in curls on top of the head.
  • What a downcome from his dignity to be the patron of a golf course or the chaplain of a curling club, instead of enjoying the fame and name of the holy well. Chronicles of Strathearn
  • We have just about cracked curling and skeleton bobsleigh made a weekend entry into the national consciousness. Times, Sunday Times
  • And for a few beautiful hours, the entire country can rejoice in something as ridiculous as curling. Times, Sunday Times
  • Exhibition flight -- of your imagination!" fleered Mary V, curling her lip at him. Skyrider
  • He had curling auburn hair and light blue eyes framed by long dark lashes like her own, his eyes were crinkled slightly at the corners from a wide grin, that seemed almost too big for his face.
  • We believe, we really do, that Monday, Wednesday and Saturday evenings will see us puffing dutifully around the rain-sodden streets or enthusiastically grabbing cozzie and towel and setting off for the local baths instead of curling up with a takeaway and a DVD. Home | Mail Online
  • Halligan's efforts at cheeky humour were toe-curling.
  • Grimacing with annoyance, she tugged the end of her hair, her fingers curling round her favourite blue and silver hairband.
  • He was lying on his back, his eyes closed, his lips pouting, his right arm stretching upwards with his tiny fist curling beside his shell-like ear.
  • I blinked and caught a glimpse of a brown gnarled hand with black clawlike fingernails curling around my door. Master of Mirrors
  • The singer had her foot wrapped in bandages after badly burning herself on a curling iron. The Sun
  • Whereas curling, skating, and sleighing were available elsewhere, snowshoeing and tobogganing were specifically Canadian winter sports, which had to be experienced in situ.
  • Instead, her arms circled his neck, her fingers curling into his hair.
  • U.S. loses to Germany in semis at curling world - USATODAY. com U.S. loses to Germany in semis at curling world
  • If your hair isn't wavy, use a curling wand. The Sun
  • The curling movement of the smoke is echoed in the arabesques formed by the curving trunks and branches of two trees, which are also reflected in a pond in the foreground.

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