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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Mojito is also lying beside him—but rather than take a nap, Old English Sheepdog Mojito is on his back, his front paws curled up before him, and kicking his hind legs wildly in the air, as though trying to copy his owner.
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Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 July 2025
What's better than curling up with a good book on a nice spring day, especially in the Queen City?
—Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
The other, slightly larger, was a girl who played the bagpipes and had hair that curled up at the ends.
—Jhumpa Lahiri, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
Stay safe, as always, and curl up somewhere cool, or at least shaded, with one of these this month.
—Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 27 June 2025
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Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 July 2025
What's better than curling up with a good book on a nice spring day, especially in the Queen City?
—Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
The other, slightly larger, was a girl who played the bagpipes and had hair that curled up at the ends.
—Jhumpa Lahiri, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
Stay safe, as always, and curl up somewhere cool, or at least shaded, with one of these this month.
—Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 27 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for curl up
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“Curl up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/curl%20up. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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