twirled; twirling; twirls
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Examples of twirl in a Sentence
Verb
They twirled past us on the dance floor.
The cheerleaders jumped and twirled.
The kite twisted and twirled in the wind.
The chef twirled the noodles around his fork.
Noun
The dancers executed perfect twirls.
the twirl of the dancer's skirt mesmerized me
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 Aug. 2024
Her video showed off rigorous training sessions, ending the video with a clip of her in full costume, perfectly twirling her sais before taking a bow.
—Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 7 Aug. 2024
Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
Instead, Bleu sings and twirls in the middle of a tundra, adorned in a scaled hood.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2024
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Verb
Not even the pleasure of seeing Blanchett twirling pistols and kicking ass can salvage this.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 Aug. 2024
Her video showed off rigorous training sessions, ending the video with a clip of her in full costume, perfectly twirling her sais before taking a bow.
—Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 7 Aug. 2024
Noun
The Brazilian Olympic committee this month posted a video of the gymnast practicing a triple-twisting Yurchenko, an elaborate and dangerous twirl that has never been executed successfully in female competition.
—Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
Instead, Bleu sings and twirls in the middle of a tundra, adorned in a scaled hood.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2024
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“Twirl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/twirl. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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twirl
2 of 2 noun
: an act of twirling
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