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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of upcurl.

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Examples

  • So dazed by your goodness to me, so grateful, so happy that you have chosen me (I just jumped up to look at myself in the mirror; I _am_ pretty, Duane, I've a stunning colour just now and there _is_ a certain charm about me -- even I can see it in what you call the upcurled corners of my mouth, and in my figure and hands) -- and I am so happy that it is true -- that you find me beautiful, that you care for my beauty ....

    The Danger Mark A. B. [Illustrator] Wenzell 1899

  • "Hopping from upcurled tail tip to head, Taj leaned forward between Mamakitty's ears and whispered, "The problem of how to transport the light is solved.

    Kingdoms of Light Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2001

  • Somehow he kept a hand on the upcurled rim of the pad-boat.

    Splinter Of The Mind's Eye Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1978

  • Somehow he kept a hand on the upcurled rim of the pad-boat.

    Splinter Of The Mind's Eye Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1978

  • His hysterical laughter was slowly changing into cries of rage while the silly leer upon his face was supplanted by a ferocious scowl and upcurled lips, which revealed the sharpened fangs beneath.

    Tarzan the Untamed 1920

  • When they saw the little Gomangani perched upon his back some of them came forward in curiosity with upcurled lips and snarling mien.

    Jungle Tales of Tarzan 1919

  • Margarita's repulsed fingers lay loosely upcurled on her knees, which she hunched in front of her, like a boy.

    Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon 1918

  • Afterward I learned to know that red-headed Flemish chauffeur, with his fiercely upcurled moustache and his contempt of death.

    Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front Mary Roberts Rinehart 1917

  • "He gave me my choice and I took an officer, with a nice upcurled mustache and ----"

    More Tish Mary Roberts Rinehart 1917

  • Now and then a short heavy man with an upcurled mustache came out and took in one or two.

    The Amazing Interlude Mary Roberts Rinehart 1917

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