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Recent Examples of furl
Pirate Yakuza proverbial monkey’s paw furls on providing a thrilling pirate life and crime simulator at the expense of a more coherent or emotional story.
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Isaiah Colbert, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2025
Winehouse was entirely in her element, swaying to the sultry songs like a furl of smoke and improvising inflections on the lyrics with aplomb.
—Allaire Nuss, EW.com, 18 May 2024
McDonnell’s brow furls slightly underneath his cap.
—Chris MacIas -, Sacramento Bee, 1 Feb. 2024
From every officer’s belt there dangled an insectlike furl of disposable plastic manacles.
—Caleb Crain, Harper's magazine, 22 July 2019
Suddenly, billowing puffs of pollen furl out from the pine’s branches and float through the air like a fluffy, yellow cloud.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 10 May 2018
Just look at Redbor kale, which is extravagantly purple, with rich pink in the stems, kinks of fuchsia in the veins, and furls of rosy curls.
—Adrienne Rose Johnson, Bon Appetit, 15 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for furl
Noun
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But those with coily hair can also snip a few singular curls and separate them with their fingers to get the same laissez-faire, unbothered look.—
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And my favorite part is creating the chocolate curls on top.—
Noun
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The heating coils are wrapped tightly and distributed evenly throughout the throw, providing consistent warmth without noticeable cold spots.—
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Never submerge a stovetop's electrical coils in water—the electrical connection will be damaged.—
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Its eponymous flowers are deep red-orange and the foliage is composed of whorls of needle-like, silvery-blue leaves.—
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In 2024, the Ig Nobel Prize in anatomy went to an international team of scientists for their discovery that scalp hair whorls are more likely to spiral in a counter-clockwise direction in the Southern Hemisphere compared with the Northern Hemisphere.—
Noun
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Kim lets out a sob and a hank of Natalie’s hair clings to her tears.—
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There was no one else on the strand, the surf a sickly yellow foam bubbling between the matted black hanks of seaweed heaped on the beach.—
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China’s deflation trap China’s deflationary spiral will deepen and Beijing won’t do anything to stop it.—
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The Knicks miss Josh Hart, but Hart’s absence shouldn’t have sent this team down a dark spiral.—
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Centennial Lakes Park in suburban Edina is the perfect urban oasis to try out twirls or pick up some speed.—
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Baby Solar Systems While we Earthlings have been enjoying our annual twirl through the solar system, scientists have shared baby photographs of a whole menagerie of other star systems, thanks to the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope.—
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The Land of Spooks is a phantasmagorical blend of twisting gothic spires, impossible land formations, and disconcerting expressionist proportions.—
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The spire-like design employs a neo-futuristic style.—
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“Furl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/furl. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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