uncurling

• “I felt, so slowly as to be almost imperceptible, his fingers uncurling from the railing.”

  CARPATHIA • by Megan Arkenberg

• “He works this area by curling a dumbbell upward toward his wrist and then uncurling it.”

  The Wall Street Journal: To Ace His Workout, Courier Stays on the Court

• “It's a worm a millimetre long made up of only 1,000 cells and I am watching it curling, uncurling and grazing on its bacterial food with a string of its cells brightly illuminated in green.”

  The Guardian: The quest for knowledge is good in itself and helps the country thrive

• “I marveled at the sight of the plant's tender buds and the way they reached for the moonlight with long, tapering, and delicate sprouts, uncurling like tendrils of a fern.”

  Kien Nguyen talks about his grandfather, the inspiration for his first novel, The Tapestries

• “The slow uncurling of each thought as she sought meaning among the swooping shift and eddy of each letter.”

  Simon & Schuster: Earl of Durkness

• “Outside the bedroom window, the Japanese maple leaves are just uncurling, and behind them the cherry tree in full blossom.”

  The Huffington Post: Gail Godwin's 'Solo Notes' Journal: Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature

• “His eyes were hot and cold, uncurling the worm of fear at the base of my spine.”

  Fictionaut: Small Victory: the realm of pawns

• “As always, she looked for signs of anything new, anything green and uncurling, anything to show that summer was on the way and that the land would once again nourish them.”

  Simon & Schuster: Raven Speak

• “Then she lifted her hand higher, stopping it before Sorcha, curling and uncurling her fingers as if she were grasping something on the air.”

  Simon & Schuster: My Soul to Keep

• “She stood there, curling and uncurling her bare toes in the plush green carpet.”

  Simon & Schuster: Under a Maui Moon

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