He curled up into a ball.

Meaning: This means that the wild animal with a reddish-brown coat and a bushy tail bent or twisted his body into a circular shape and moved or put his body inside of something else which was a round object that is used in games and sports.

Choice of Words: Curled is the past tense of curl which means to bend or twist something into a circular shape. Up is an adverb that is used to indicate a direction or position. Into means to move or put something inside of something else. A is an indefinite article that is used before singular countable nouns. Ball is a round object that is used in games and sports.

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Related Expressions

• Exhausted but fulfilled, the cat curled up and drifted into a peaceful sleep.
• Smoke curled lazily into the night sky.
• Smoke curled into the sky.
• The drowsy cat curled up in a ball.
• The cat curled up on the couch, a ball of fur.
• The cat curled up in a ball.
• Cat curled in ball to sleep.
• The dog curled up in a cozy ball.
• The sleepy cat curled up in a ball.
• The cat curled up on the couch and fell fast asleep.