How to Use curling in a Sentence

curling

noun
  • The fiber isn’t there to add structural strength to the block, as many mistakenly believe, but to help the adobe dry more uniformly and prevent them from curling or cracking.
    Michael Y. Park, Architectural Digest, 9 Aug. 2024
  • As a result, their whiskers are significantly shorter on the opposite side to the curling direction.
    Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Highlights include dogsledding, curling lessons with locals, dining with homesteaders, soaking in geothermal hot springs, snowshoeing on private land, and tea with reindeer herders.
    Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Beth Mead took the ball wide of O’Hara on the left and served in a curling, low screamer.
    Andrew Keh, New York Times, 2 July 2019
  • The rink has six curling sheets, each about 15 feet wide.
    Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 29 Jan. 2017
  • Louisville City took the lead in the 62nd minute off a curling strike from Ownby.
    Danielle Lerner, The Courier-Journal, 5 June 2018
  • There’s the drawing of the curtains, the curling up in bed, the dash to the toilet to puke my guts out.
    Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Right now, the curling seed heads of toothache grass are waving above the fray.
    Ben Raines, AL.com, 17 Oct. 2017
  • The rush of bobsledding, the thrill of lugeing, the, yes, grace of curling.
    Kate Silver, chicagotribune.com, 28 Feb. 2018
  • Learn about the sport of curling or take a ride on a zip line at the Wilderness Resort June 15.
    Elaine Rewolinski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 June 2019
  • The third required a thin curling iron and three and a half hours to create the bouncy curls.
    Gabi Thorne, Allure, 3 Mar. 2020
  • Kourtney and Kim are both known to use this curling wand to achieve their beachy waves.
    Tatjana Freund, ELLE, 11 July 2023
  • Louisville has a curling club where people can learn how to curl.
    Hayes Gardner, The Courier-Journal, 27 Jan. 2020
  • Note how the tall curling plume of greenery at the top animates the space around it.
    Lindsey Taylor, WSJ, 16 May 2017
  • The curling wand itself is lightweight and easy to use too.
    Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 16 Aug. 2024
  • And a curling wand will give a curl that's large at the root and tighter towards the ends (think: tousled beach wave).
    Jessica Cruel, SELF, 8 June 2018
  • The rug itself easily laid on the floor with no curling at the edges.
    Alida Nugent, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Feb. 2024
  • On the first 11-on-11 play, Wentz went to a curling Smith underneath.
    Jeff McLane, Philly.com, 28 July 2017
  • The Russians have had to return medals in two curling events.
    Anchorage Daily News, 25 Feb. 2018
  • Then, use a 1-inch ceramic curling or iron brush to bend the tips of of the bangs outward.
    Taylore Glynn, Marie Claire, 2 June 2021
  • The plates are a good size for straightening and curling—this styling tool can do both.
    Louryn Strampe gear Team, WIRED, 19 Nov. 2022
  • Russian doping, even in the sport of curling, shows the lengths Russia will go to cheat.
    Jeff Darcy, cleveland.com, 22 Feb. 2018
  • Canada added a sixth Olympic men’s curling medal with an 8-5 win over the U.S. in the bronze medal game Friday.
    NBC News, 18 Feb. 2022
  • Minnesota had the Olympic gold medal men's curling team make the Vikings fourth round pick.
    Charlotte Carroll, SI.com, 28 Apr. 2018
  • If some pieces are straighter than others, use a curling wand to help increase the wave.
    Brooke Shunatona, Cosmopolitan, 10 Jan. 2018
  • The sport of curling is far more fun than shuffleboard on ice.
    Gillian Hearst Simonds, Town & Country, 24 Dec. 2012
  • But on many beaches there's nothing at all except the hot sun and the curling waves.
    Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Oct. 2019
  • Year to year, the DNR said, leaf curling and distortion may progress to yellow leaves and a thin canopy.
    Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 29 Oct. 2022
  • Live oaks with massive curling limbs cast long shadows in the hazy light.
    Lisa Bubert, Longreads, 30 Nov. 2022
  • And in the other corner, wearing red, white and blue and sporting brooms: the U.S. men's Olympic curling team.
    Matt Bonesteel, ajc, 20 Feb. 2018

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