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Meanings of curling back in English

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Usage of curling back in English
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He describes his legs curling back, increasing his risk of leg contractures.
The Irish Times
2
It's postalveolar, but the tongue tip is curling back in that direction.
Wired
3
The thing's face broke open, its lips curling back: a baboon's smile.
The Hellbound Heart
4
Wretched, she managed a single moan before curling back over Charlie.
Public secrets
5
The outer layer of skin had split and the edges were curling back.
Death du Jour
6
Finch huffed and then smiled, his lips curling back to reveal yellowing teeth.
Consequences
7
And he smiled often, his lips curling back from his long white teeth.
And Then There Were None
8
There, too, red tongues were leaping, curling back on themselves in long derisive snarls.
The Best Short Stories of 1920, and the Yearbook of the American...
9
Philip Lombard, his lips curling back from his teeth said:
And Then There Were None
10
The answer is retroflexion, or the tongue tip curling back.
Wired
11
I could feel my lips curling back and past the stricture in my throat.
Patient Zero
12
He flashed a smile that was just lips curling back from teeth, almost a snarl.
Circus of the Damned
13
The dragon shifted, tail curling back behind Ben.
Magic Kingdom for Sale - SOLD!
14
Huyayy made an exaggerated look of surprise, his dark lips curling back to reveal yellowing teeth.
Mother of the believers: a novel of the birth of islam
15
Jack blinked at her, a few tendrils of ice-white curling back from the color in his eyes.
Street magic
16
Taking a step towards him, her lips curling back from her clenched teeth, she hissed into his ear:
A Mummer's Tale
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