How to Use coil in a Sentence

coil

1 of 2 noun

• The higher the number, the curlier the hair and the tighter the coil.
  — Sabina Wizemann, Good Housekeeping, 8 Sep. 2023
• Read on and trim coils, kinks, waves, and curls the right way, while at home.
  — Akili King, Vogue, 28 Nov. 2023
• Next, wrap the coil around itself to form a small knot.
  — ELLE, 16 Dec. 2022
• The coil forms a blood clot, blocks blood flow, and keeps the aneurysm from bursting.
  — Alyssa Hui, Health, 12 Apr. 2023
• Or maybe there's some ice buildup inside the coil, that's a big sign.
  — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 5 June 2023
• His tight coils covered our floor, and the next day all the kids on the school bus laughed at the nicks on his head.
  — Jenisha Watts, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2023
• In the first selfie, Meg wore a black two-piece set with a fresh face and her cute coils.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 24 Mar. 2023
• By then, much of your coil will have turned to ash and your meat will be done, or nearly so.
  — Scott Canon, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
• This suggested to me the bottom part was thrown on a wheel and then the top part was coil-built.
  — Shantay Robinson, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Mar. 2023
• These are not your old-fashioned coil burners, the ones on which many of us burned a hand or two.
  — Karen Heller, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2023
• Step 2: Form a series of loose coils with the throw line from the slip knot on your wrist toward the net, then grip the coils with your left hand.
  — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 4 Jan. 2024
• With coil springs out back instead of leaf springs, the ride is noticeably smoother.
  — Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 15 Nov. 2022
• In most models, a fan sucks up air from the room, heats it with a metal coil, then expels it back out.
  — Hannah Holland, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024
• The design helps to cut down on frizz while defining natural curls, coils and waves.
  — Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Sep. 2023
• No injuries have been reported due to the rear coil springs problem as of May 25, Chrysler said.
  — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 14 June 2023
• Brush hair back into a low bun, but leave out some hair around the perimeter of your hairline for a messy coil near your ears.
  — Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 18 July 2023
• The 8-inch mattress is built with a base of steel coils for durability and a bouncier feel.
  — goodhousekeeping.com, 9 June 2023
• But in general, the more coils, the higher the quality and support.
  — Isabella Ubaldi, Verywell Health, 27 Feb. 2023
• This Week to hear more interesting facts about the evolution of curls and coils.
  — Liz Clayton Fuller, Popular Science, 27 Sep. 2023
• By the time Philip shuffles off his mortal coil, the company shuts down for a mere three minutes.
  — Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2022
• The only thing to note about this cooktop is that the burner is pretty small — the heating coil is just 6.5 inches.
  — Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 9 Feb. 2023
• Cleaning the coils requires the unit to be separated from the window frame, Heiman says.
  — Brittany Anas, House Beautiful, 29 June 2023
• Some rings are classic, like the ridged diamond band, and others are saucy, like the coil ring slathered with crystals.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 16 Nov. 2023
• These magnetic coils, along with some lasers, were used to control the behavior of the sample.
  — Kat Friedrich, Ars Technica, 1 Dec. 2023
• The blend of traditional pocket coils and a top layer of hybrid foam provides the best of both worlds.
  — Mike Richard, Women's Health, 16 Aug. 2023
• But the genre pleasures are deceptive; the coils of narrative may be fun to unwind, but the poison stings — and worse than stings.
  — Noah Berlatsky, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2023
• Engineers laid coils across the field and used ice-making machines to create an 80-foot-long rink.
  — David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
• There are two kinds of flat whisks: One is a flat-bottomed whisk, which has a circular coil attached to the bottom of a handle.
  — Genevieve Yam, Bon Appétit, 28 Sep. 2022
• The hot gas circulates in a set of copper coils outside, with a fan blowing over them, so the gas loses thermal energy to the atmosphere.
  — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 10 Mar. 2024
• There’s a wide temperature range that’s easy to adjust with the remote, and the carbon-fiber coils also help with even heat distribution.
  — Kylie Gilbert, Glamour, 18 Jan. 2024

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coil

2 of 2 verb

• The snake coiled around its prey.
• The cat coiled up into a ball.
• A long scarf was coiled around her neck.
• She coiled the loose thread around her finger.
• Simply coil the rope to leave space for the plant’s roots to grow through.
  — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Aug. 2023
• Loosely coil the rope, tuck the end under and pinch to seal.
  — Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Aug. 2021
• The snakes were coiled up in a crevice near the door to the garage and were unusually large.
  — Claire Barber, Field & Stream, 10 May 2023
• My hair texture is 3C, so my curls tend to be curly yet not as tight or coiled.
  — Jacorey Moon, Men's Health, 2 May 2023
• Is there a frequency to loose faggotry coiled deep in the gut?
  — Samuel Ernest, Longreads, 2 May 2023
• There’s also a wrap that keeps the hose neatly coiled and tucked away for storage.
  — Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Mar. 2023
• The pitch comes: Ohtani taps his toes, coils his hips, readies his hands, and strokes a line drive into right field.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2023
• Think room for a charging cable, with enough space left to coil a garden hose.
  — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 9 Mar. 2023
• The handsome Arco Valet ($149) is made of marine-grade steel and keeps any hose looking neat and coiled.
  — Hugh Garvey, Sunset Magazine, 4 Jan. 2023
• The snake can be seen coiled up in the back corner of the drawer on top of some colorful underwear.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 17 Jan. 2024
• Belt boxes allow the belts to be coiled up and stored when not in use, and also aid quick reloading of machine guns.
  — Matthew Moss, Popular Mechanics, 11 July 2023
• In half the buckets, lengths of copper and steel wire are coiled into spirals and nestled alongside the plants.
  — Kate Morgan, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2023
• Melanj Hair's clip-in and weft hair extensions range from tightly coiled to silk-press straightened.
  — Sierra Leone Starks, Allure, 15 Mar. 2023
• Golfers coil their bodies during the backswing to follow through after the point of impact.
  — Jen Murphy, WSJ, 27 Mar. 2021
• The stalk can coil up to rapidly reel in the bell, which otherwise sits in the open sifting particles from water.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 4 Dec. 2012
• The bunches of lavender stems can be moistened and coiled around, stitched into a bowl shape with a natural twine.
  — Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 23 Aug. 2023
• Her short orange curls, which have become a defining part of her look, were coiled into little ringlets.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 30 Mar. 2023
• Booms of the sort used to contain hazmat spills on lakes and rivers are coiled on the floor, and two small pools of water lap within frames that shift slightly to elicit small waves.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 21 July 2023
• Scapes grow out of the top of each garlic bulb, then coil into long, skinny, green stems that look somewhat like tender, twirly green beans or green onions.
  — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Apr. 2023
• In a deft bit of maneuvering, Tiffany had gotten his hands on the 20 miles of surplus cable left coiled in the Niagara’s holds.
  — Robert Klara, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024
• But coiling 1,000 linear feet of drip tube around the front lawn to drip irrigate your favorite tree might not jive with the local HOA police!
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 7 July 2023
• The bird repeatedly drove its talons into her forearm while the snake kept striking and coiled itself tightly around the same arm.
  — Outdoor Life, 9 Aug. 2023
• The tender seafood is coiled on a hash of potatoes, chorizo and corn that gets a nice assist from dots of sunny yellow aji amarillo aioli.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2023
• Once an insect is trapped in its adhesive, the sundew will coil its tentacles around the insect and smother it.
  — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 6 Dec. 2021
• Even my stubborn-as-hell bangs coil up tighter than usual and stay that way for days, to the point that my everyday look has become a messy bun that lets my curly bangs fall forward.
  — Jihan Forbes, Allure, 15 Sep. 2020
• Megan Thee Stallion is coiling herself around her haters like a cobra, sinking her fangs in and devouring them.
  — Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2024

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