curl up

as in to snuggle
to sit or recline comfortably or cozily I love to curl up in a big chair with a good book

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Recent Examples of curl up What's better than curling up with a good book on a nice spring day, especially in the Queen City? Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 The other, slightly larger, was a girl who played the bagpipes and had hair that curled up at the ends. Jhumpa Lahiri, New Yorker, 30 June 2025 Stay safe, as always, and curl up somewhere cool, or at least shaded, with one of these this month. Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 27 June 2025 Another clip shot about a week later after some snow had melted on the rock ledge shows a fox taking the same route, then heading in the other direction for a stretch before returning to perch and then curl up on the ledge overlooking the valley. Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 25 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for curl up
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  • At a Coldplay concert in Massachusetts last week, the two were caught snuggling on the stadium’s screen.
    Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 23 July 2025
  • Cameras captured Charlene snuggling a baby in a tender moment.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 21 July 2025
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  • Speakeasy meets Southwest in this high-ceilinged lounge snugged away behind Valentine restaurant in Phoenix’s Melrose neighborhood.
    Felicia Campbell, AZCentral.com, 22 Apr. 2021
  • Move off-road, and an adaptive air suspension can hoist the R1S to a Hummer-esque 37.8 centimeters of ground clearance, enough for leisurely dips in 1.1-meter-deep water; its 149-kWh battery snugged in carbon fiber, aluminum and high-strength steel.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 11 Feb. 2025
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  • The Charles Hotel is a contemporary art deco masterpiece situated in Munich’s Maxvorstadt district, nestled next to the Old Botanical Garden.
    Lea Dlugosch, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2025
  • Camp Mystic, a girls' summer camp nestled in the Hill Country, lost dozens of its campers in the surge, along with staff members who died trying to save the girls entrusted to their care.
    Theresa Payton, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025

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“Curl up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curl%20up. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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