By the time the builders finished the last little curlicue, their time had passed.

It was not companionable; none of us were talking, just scarfing down those little curlicues like attack dogs at feeding time.

The dagger in his left hand drew fanciful little curlicues in the air.

Around the rim of the main rod little curlicues and doohingies had been soldered on, later.

The ribbons even made those pretty little curlicues.

Dobbs's hand traced little curlicues and pothooks in the blackness.

I could tell by his look that he hadn't expected green peppers with a vinaigrette, even with little curlicues of parsley tucked here and there.

When they hear about this little curlicue to your schemes, they will erupt in fury.

The secret," he finally wrote, "is that the ginger is shaved in lovely little curlicues; and it's cooked both before and after the fish.

The little curlicues scalloping the edge of the pink material increased Cashel's scom for the fellow who'd built the place.