curl up
verb
curled up; curling up; curls up
: to arrange oneself in or as if in a ball or curl
curl up by the fire
curl up with a good book
Examples of curl up in a Sentence
I love to curl up in a big chair with a book.
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Halloween is behind us and the wintry part of autumn means colder days and nights perfect for curling up with a good TV show or movie.
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Erik Kain, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
The piece is a life-size and lifelike sculpture of the artist himself, curled up in the fetal position and trapped in a plastic bag like a goldfish.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 11 Oct. 2024
As the weather gets cooler there's no better way to spend your evenings than curling up on the couch and binge-watching a new series.
—Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 2 Nov. 2024
For many of us, our first exposure to death involved an animal: the firefly in the Mason jar, the bird beneath the window, the deer beside the highway, the beloved cat gone gaunt with age, curled up stiff below the basement stairs.
—Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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Erik Kain, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
The piece is a life-size and lifelike sculpture of the artist himself, curled up in the fetal position and trapped in a plastic bag like a goldfish.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 11 Oct. 2024
As the weather gets cooler there's no better way to spend your evenings than curling up on the couch and binge-watching a new series.
—Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 2 Nov. 2024
For many of us, our first exposure to death involved an animal: the firefly in the Mason jar, the bird beneath the window, the deer beside the highway, the beloved cat gone gaunt with age, curled up stiff below the basement stairs.
—Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Curl up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/curl%20up. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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