corkscrew
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Synonyms for corkscrew
Synonyms: Adjective
coiling, helical, involute, screwlike, spiral, winding
Synonyms: Verb
extract, prize, pry, pull, root (out), tear (out), uproot, wrest, wring, yank
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Examples of corkscrew in a Sentence
Adjective
an angelic child with beautiful corkscrew curlsVerb
practically every word had to be corkscrewed out of the tight-lipped witness the trail corkscrews through dense woods to the top of the steep hill
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Only one kid was there, a wide-eyed sturdy toddler gnawing corkscrew pasta and tossing plastic automobiles like Godzilla. — Andrew Simmons, SFChronicle.com, "Kid-friendly taprooms booming in the East Bay. Is that a good thing?," 13 Aug. 2019 The space has a gas fireplace, mahogany bookshelves, an adjoining card room, a TV screen that lowers from the ceiling, and a barn-like silo with a corkscrew stairwell that ends in a viewing platform. — John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, "Doris Kearns Goodwin plans to sell Concord home," 7 Aug. 2019 And this inventory doesn’t account for the corkscrews scattered elsewhere in the house or, well, in the luggage. — Dave Mcintyre, Washington Post, "Wine drinkers don’t only collect bottles. It’s really the gadgets that pile up.," 9 Aug. 2019 The Corbly Trail corkscrews up under the north overlook and lets you out at the top parking area, and the Sullivan Trail, too, climbs up the eastern slope of the knob. — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, "A Day in the Neighborhood: Iroquois is an international smorgasbord of community," 6 June 2019 One of those flips, a corkscrew at 197 feet above the ground, sets a world record for highest inversion. — Susan Glaser, cleveland.com, "Kennywood’s new Pittsburgh Steelers-themed roller coaster, the Steel Curtain, debuts Saturday," 11 July 2019 Cosmic rays, in contrast, get pulled into corkscrew trajectories by magnetic fields, making their origins obscure. — Dennis Normile, Science | AAAS, "Highest energy light ever seen traced to Crab Nebula," 8 July 2019 Picture a ladder that twists like a corkscrew, with the sugar and phosphate acting as the side rails and the base pairs acting as the rungs. — Ryan Rossotto, National Geographic, "DNA, explained," 12 June 2019 The curvy top looks almost like a wine corkscrew, while the circular center slides snugly into the outer C-shape. — Maddie Hiatt, House Beautiful, "This Faucet May Be the Chicest One We've Ever Seen," 1 Feb. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
The light emerges looking like a helix corkscrewing around a central point. — Adam Mann, National Geographic, "Physicists discover croissant-shaped twists of light," 27 June 2019 When the sun hangs low in the sky, the colors and contours of the hills deepen, and photographers line the roadway that corkscrews up a thousand feet above the surrounding landscape. — Matthew Kronsberg, WSJ, "A Getaway to the ‘Tuscany of America’," 27 July 2018 Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson, who as a slugger in the 1970s would appear to corkscrew himself into the earth on missed swings, is renowned for becoming the first major leaguer to hit three home runs in a World Series game. — John Walters, Newsweek, "Stunning Theory Explaining MLB Home-run Barrage: Swinging Harder Works!," 3 Oct. 2017 In the second video, a Reaper-like drone is seen corkscrewing through the air, falling straight down, on fire and missing a wing. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "U.S. Reaper Drone Shot Down Over Yemen," 2 Oct. 2017 The differences at this point are chiefly visual, Sky's involving what looks to be a massive, corkscrewing cloudscape set against a cerulean sky. — Matt Peckham, Time, "This Is the Creator of Journey's Stunning Next Big Indie Game," 12 Sep. 2017 The real risk-takers make a beeline for the corkscrewing tubular Black Slides. — Blaine And Birch Bay, The Seattle Times, "10 ways to feel like a kid again on your summer getaway," 3 Aug. 2017 The KC-130 tanker corkscrewed into the ground Monday afternoon about 85 miles north of Jackson, the state capital, officials said. — CBS News, "U.S. Marine Corps KC-130 crash details released by military," 11 July 2017 Navy and Marine Corps investigators are starting to probe why a military transport plane suddenly corkscrewed into a Mississippi soybean field on Monday, killing all 16 personnel onboard. — Carl Prine, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Transport plane that crashed and killed 16 was headed to Marine base in Yuma," 11 July 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'corkscrew.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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