Sentence examples for coiled to from inspiring English sources

England had adopted a policy of containment, remaining coiled to hit the Dutch on the counterattack.

Nearby we see another eastern garter snake, coiled to conserve body heat.

Appropriate to this context, she seems coiled to spring at anyone whose gaze strikes her the wrong way.

An individual molecule of actin is a single protein chain coiled to form a roughly egg-shaped unit.

Mr. Gore, already coiled to the max, must head to the West Coast for his big week with scenes of a Bush triumph buzzing in his head.

As Stevens begins to discuss her comeback, a tall, leggy, supermodel of a horse whizzes past the rail, tail-flashing, neck bent, coiled to pop at the slightest sneeze.

And in an especially fierce piece, Mr. Zorio pounded rope, coiled to spell "odio" (hate), into a piece of lead, leaving enough to hang the work from the ceiling, as if to demonstrate the enduring strength of the emotion.

In between the jokes and giggles she is coiled to spring from what she calls "girly chitchat" into TV studio rottweiler mode, but whenever she does, she stops listening, so it seems pointless.