Curled

Examples

• Monsieur curled his lip, gave me a vicious glance of the eye, and strode to his estrade. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Mr. Dick, who is to give my darling to me at the altar, has had his hair curled. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The corners of the Sergeant's melancholy mouth curled up, and he looked hard in my face, just as he had looked in the garden. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I found Sherlock Holmes alone, however, half asleep, with his long, thin form curled up in the recesses of his armchair. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• And here, Noah nodded his head expressively; and curled up as much of his small red nose as muscular action could collect together, for the occasion. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• She curled her legs between his and rubbed the top of her head against his shoulder. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• These flat brims curled at the edge came in then. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• She went and curled herself up on the window-seat in the small, deeply-recessed window. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Vapours from other continents arrived upon the wind, which curled and parted round him as he walked on. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Puts a man in mind of the country house in the Woodpecker-tapping, that was known by the smoke which so gracefully curled. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The mounting flames had curled round the building, as it fell, and was destroyed. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The lash, however, was curled upon itself and tied so as to make a loop of whipcord. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• It seemed to me that Mr. St. John's under lip protruded, and his upper lip curled a moment. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• A stern smile curled the Prince's lip as he spoke. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• And why has she, or any other, curled hair? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Pliny refers to the curled chips raised by the plane, and Ansonius refers to mills driven by the waters of the Moselle for sawing marble into slabs. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• On the few occasions when anything amused him, he curled up a little at the corners of the lips, nothing more. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Her beautiful lip curled in a slight disdain. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• This is the land of eternal quiet, Where I can nestle in indolence curled, Far from the clamor of modern riot. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• He curled up again at the corners of the lips, and disappeared. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The Lord never visits these parts, said the woman, bitterly, as she went nimbly forward with her work; and again the scornful smile curled her lips. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• And you and she curled your hair together? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• His close-shaven crown, surrounded by a circle of stiff curled black hair, had something the appearance of a parish pinfold begirt by its high hedge. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• She curled her lip and tossed her tresses. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• She lay curled up on the sofa in the back drawing-room in Harley Street, looking very lovely in her white muslin and blue ribbons. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• He curled up at the corners of his lips, and, in his own dreary way, seemed to think he had delivered himself of a very good joke. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Red hair, ma'am, curled--curled all over? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• And so he died, his thin lips curled in the snarl of his hateful laugh, and a bullet from the revolver of his dead companion bursting in his heart. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• After an interval almost convulsive, Baby curled her little hands in one another and smiled. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Bang, bang, went a couple of guns--the smoke swept quickly away over the field, and curled into the air. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.

Typist: Rosanna