Coils

//kɔɪlz//

"Coils" in a Sentence (7 examples)

The snake coils itself up.

Her hair hung in neat coils.

His eyes were as red burning coals; long grey hair fell over his shoulders in matted coils; his garments, which were of antique cut, were soiled and ragged, and from his wrists and ankles hung heavy manacles and rusty gyves.

When lo! – the tale I shudder to pursue – / from Tenedos in silence, side by side, / two monstrous serpents, horrible to view, / with coils enormous leaning on the tide, / shoreward, with even stretch, the tranquil sea divide.

Their breasts erect they rear amid the deep, / their blood-red crests above the surface shine, / their hinder parts along the waters sweep, / trailed in huge coils and many a tortuous twine.

Ziri used a cleaning brush to clean the coils underneath the refrigerator.

For electric stovetops, make sure the burners and coils are clean and dry.

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