curl into
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To move or arrange into a compact, curved shape, like a ball.
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- The cat curled into a ball and fell asleep.
- Feeling cold, she curled into a tight ball under the blankets.
- The frightened child curled into his mother's arms for comfort.
- He loves to curl into the armchair with a good book.
- The old photograph had started to curl into a tube from the humidity.
- As the flame touched the paper, its edges began to curl into black ash.
- A shy millipede will curl into a spiral if you touch it.
- After a long day, there's nothing better than curling into your own bed.
- He watched the smoke curl into elegant shapes before disappearing.
- To protect itself, the hedgehog can quickly curl into an impenetrable sphere.