be curled up
Frequency: 7.512.5 per million words
To be lying or sitting with limbs drawn in towards the body.
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Examples (10)
- The cat was curled up on the armchair, purring softly.
- She spent the entire rainy afternoon curled up with a good book.
- The cold child was curled up tightly under the blankets.
- He found his dog curled up at the foot of the bed.
- After the argument, she was curled up on the sofa, crying.
- The baby is peacefully curled up in his crib.
- A small hedgehog was curled up into a spiky ball on the path.
- There's nothing I love more than being curled up by the fire on a winter's night.
- To conserve heat, the fox remained curled up in its den.
- He woke up to find her still curled up beside him.