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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
corkscrew .
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Examples
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"corkscrewed" out of the recalcitrant dissenting farmer, and the sight added to Mr. Granger's satisfaction.
Beatrice Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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Scalding pain corkscrewed into place through his left eye as his migraine revved into the red zone.
Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011
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The twin-engine plane then corkscrewed into the Mediterranean killing all 90 people aboard.
Probe Cites Pilot Errors in 2010 Ethiopian Airlines Crash Andy Pasztor 2012
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The tornado corkscrewed down from the heavens, swallowing his dying shriek.
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They would eat and talk for hours in courtly monologues that eventually corkscrewed into concrete demands.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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Scalding pain corkscrewed into place through his left eye as his migraine revved into the red zone.
Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011
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Scalding pain corkscrewed into place through his left eye as his migraine revved into the red zone.
Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011
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They would eat and talk for hours in courtly monologues that eventually corkscrewed into concrete demands.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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Scalding pain corkscrewed into place through his left eye as his migraine revved into the red zone.
Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011
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Some of us are saying, Hey, you won the election and the Republicans are at their lowest point since Barry Goldwater corkscrewed into the desert in 1964.
Summer Rerun 2009
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