curl up

Examples of curled

curled

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

The foamy wavelets curled up to her white feet, and coiled like serpents about her ankles.
The trophamnion was translucent, and the larva could be observed within it, lying with the tip of the abdomen curled up.
The curled solutions could either be unstable (if their energy is a maximum) or metastable (if the energy is a local minimum).
At its basal (proximal) end, the plasma membrane is curled back upon itself forming two fibrous arching membranes (figs 2a, 3a).
This looks like a large curled object whose section depends on the source's shape.
All animals that tolerate anhydrobiosis or desiccation as adults adopt distinctive or curled shapes as they dry.
All fingers were multijointed and the finger joints were linked so that they curled progressively as the hand closed.
The genotype curl\\curl determines a curled structure of the leaflets and stipules and is easily identified in the seedling stage.
A leaf or leaflet was defined as curled if over 30% of the leaf edge was curled upwards.
They also showed little movement in the first couple of weeks, generally staying curled up and interacting very little with the environment or other monkeys.
His legs were twisted and his upturned hands were empty, the fingers curled.
However, his belief in the natural rights of "the sons of dukes" and "the curled darlings of the nation" belies the convictions widely attributed to him.
However, from the ant's perspective it might not matter whether the width of the load they choose to carry corresponds to a flat or a curled fragment.
The first experiment, using a curled fibre medium, demonstrates that an upperlimit equation like (5.4) ceases to have validity well before free convection conditions take over in the apparatus.
When the rigid object is moved, it appears to flex and change shape, and be more or less curled as the elevation above eye level is increased or decreased.
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