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- verb Present participle of
uncurl .
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Examples
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I felt, so slowly as to be almost imperceptible, his fingers uncurling from the railing.
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He works this area by curling a dumbbell upward toward his wrist and then uncurling it.
To Ace His Workout, Courier Stays on the Court Jen Murphy 2011
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I marveled at the sight of the plant's tender buds and the way they reached for the moonlight with long, tapering, and delicate sprouts, uncurling like tendrils of a fern.
Kien Nguyen talks about his grandfather, the inspiration for his first novel, The Tapestries 2010
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The slow uncurling of each thought as she sought meaning among the swooping shift and eddy of each letter.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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The slow uncurling of each thought as she sought meaning among the swooping shift and eddy of each letter.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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It's a worm a millimetre long made up of only 1,000 cells and I am watching it curling, uncurling and grazing on its bacterial food with a string of its cells brightly illuminated in green.
The quest for knowledge is good in itself and helps the country thrive 2011
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The slow uncurling of each thought as she sought meaning among the swooping shift and eddy of each letter.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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Outside the bedroom window, the Japanese maple leaves are just uncurling, and behind them the cherry tree in full blossom.
Gail Godwin's 'Solo Notes' Journal: Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature 2010
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Outside the bedroom window, the Japanese maple leaves are just uncurling, and behind them the cherry tree in full blossom.
Gail Godwin's 'Solo Notes' Journal: Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature Alexandra Carr 2010
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His eyes were hot and cold, uncurling the worm of fear at the base of my spine.
Small Victory: the realm of pawns Alice Gray 2010
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