"I have the most splendid news," Therese whispered breathlessly, looking like a confection in her white lace gown with her cheeks pink and her shining blond hair elegantly curled atop her head.

The dog has yet to receive a bath, but the boy welcomes her onto the sofabed, where she curls atop the covers.

Mr. Ross, debonair to the nth degree, and Ms. Murphy, a brassy, playful theater singer who knows how to curl seductively atop a grand piano, portray a loquacious, urbane couple serenading each other, and sometimes bickering, in sophisticated song.

Factum Quintus began unfurling his collection of documents, spreading one yellowed, curling sheet atop another and directing various onlookers to hold down various corners until the abbot's desk had entirely disappeared beneath an autumnal mulch of what could now be seen as building plans, working orders, and hand-lettered invoices.

Her chestnut hair spilled down around her shoulders and curled atop the coverlet.

Hazel, who had spent the day exploring nooks and crannies, curled atop my stomach in a snoring heap.

Isis, apparently content to remain in feline form after her lengthy undercover assignment, curled atop a heat-conduction pipe running along a nearby bulkhead.

His hair was bright and thick with pomade and curled atop his narrow head like miniature waves.

He curled himself into a ball atop the pile of leaves and it was not as comfortable as he had hoped it might be.

A slice of cold pizza curled atop a nest of TV equipment.