Collocations for curl - noun

natural | soft | tight | corkscrew, spiral | auburn, blonde, dark, etc. | natural | stray
She pushed a stray curl away from her eyes.

tangled, tumbling, unruly, untamed, wayward
She smoothed down her tangled curls.

damp

press/push/stroke back, smooth back/down | ruffle, run your fingers through | tease
He carefully teased his curls into place.

shake
She shook her dark curls sadly.

fall, tumble
Her auburn curls tumbled about her face.

bounce | frame sth
Her face was framed by a mop of black curls.

in ~s
His hair spilled in curls over his forehead.

through the/your ~s
She raked a comb through her wayward curls.

a cascade/mass/mop of curls
Her hair was styled into a cascade of spiral curls.

lose its curl
Her hair lost its curl as she got older.

faint, little, slight
He acknowledged her remark with a faint curl of his lips.

~ of
a curl of smoke