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Meanings of coiled spring in English

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Usage of coiled spring in English
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I could feel Suzie poising for action, tense as a coiled spring.
Agents of light and darkness
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He had a scale made of heavy coiled spring in his hand.
Pharaoh's Broker / Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Anot...
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This couch is designed with removable covers and luxe-y fully- coiled spring seating.
The Irish Times
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This plunger is pressed against the diaphragm by a coiled spring.
Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting / Electric, Forge and Thermit ...
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The woman beside me was like a coiled spring lying there.
The Complete Short Stories Vol. 1
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It took ten minutes for his body to release the coiled spring of desire.
A Winter Haunting
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She planted her feet and hunched down within her clothing like a coiled spring.
The First King of Shannara
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Behind him, the band are loud and as tightly wound as a coiled spring.
The Guardian
9
In England's two Six Nations matches so far he has been like a coiled spring.
The Guardian
10
She opened it and they went outside, a coiled spring closing the door behind them.
Death angel
11
Beside the gate hangs a bell on a coiled spring, communicating with a pull outside.
Mrs. Warren's Profession
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Resilient youth, like a coiled spring that has been loosed, was off with a bound.
Mavericks
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Saltash's arm went round Juliet like a coiled spring.
The Obstacle Race
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He would shoot those coiled spring snakes at people.
The new yorker
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The tightly coiled spring was released, the clock began to whirr and the chimes to play.
War and Peace
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Now he straightened with a movement that was analogous to the flexure of a coiled spring.
The Spinners' Book of Fiction
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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