How to Use revolve around in a Sentence

revolve around

phrasal verb
Definition of revolve aroundnext
  • Which means, drum roll please, that most films that flop revolve around white, straight men.
    — Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Everything revolves around the sun, but the moon revolves around the Earth.
    — Carlo Rovelli, WSJ, 28 Dec. 2023
  • The film revolves around a non-couple who have to pretend to be a couple?
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The film-within-the-film revolves around a Black male artist and his three Black female models.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
  • The queries aimed at me mostly revolve around the White Nationalists in the room that night back in 2018.
    — Alex Edelman, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Part of the unknowns revolves around the many kinds of volcanoes that exist.
    — Timmy Broderick, Scientific American, 11 July 2023
  • Fame and career paths that revolve around the performing arts are your muse.
    — Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 1 June 2024
  • Like many kids his age, much of his life revolved around social media.
    — Molly O'Shea, STAT, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Her recent looks have revolved around neutral tones like black, white, beige and navy.
    — Alex Kessler, Vogue, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The suit revolves around Netflix, for the first time in a decade in 2022, disclosing subscriber losses.
    — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Our lives now revolve around avoiding the outdoors, where the pickleball noise is.
    — Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Sort of like today, being in the civil rights movement, your life revolved around tragedies.
    — Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The Death of Slim Shady appears to revolve around killing off his signature alter ego.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 11 July 2024
  • There’s even one strip revolving around White Spy drawing Spy vs. Spy strips.
    — Gyasi Hall, Longreads, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Rachel Williams has a master plan for staying healthy and spry at 89 that revolves around a ping-pong-playing robot.
    — Jen Murphy, WSJ, 28 Oct. 2023
  • The sales pitch for the Galaxy S24 lineup revolves around an array of new features powered by AI.
    — Michael Liedtke, Fortune, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The dispute revolves around a deal that gave Mr. Musk options for up to 12 percent of Tesla’s outstanding shares at the time.
    — Peter Eavis, New York Times, 12 June 2024
  • The idea revolves around orders placed ahead of time for quicker pickup service.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Feb. 2024
  • For decades, work has revolved around documents, spreadsheets, and slide decks.
    — David Pierce, The Verge, 9 Apr. 2024
  • The heart of the story revolves around Clarence, portrayed by the talented LaKeith Stanfield.
    — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Many of the conversations revolved around guessing what a war with Israel would look like this time, and how to prepare.
    — Kim Ghattas, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The case revolves around Google’s 30% commission on sales in its Android ecosystem.
    — David Meyer, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2023
  • But the bigger lessons between father and son revolved around the kind of person Jason would become.
    — Chris Alexis, Peoplemag, 25 Nov. 2023
  • Much of the debate has revolved around the economy, the cost of living, the state of Britain’s public services, and tax and immigration.
    — Christian Edwards, CNN, 4 July 2024
  • The doc revolves around Miguel, who at 38, is not just a taxidermist but also an accomplished hunter.
    — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Our whole story revolves around Damian chasing down a Christmas gift that was stolen from him.
    — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Dec. 2023
  • The story revolves around a young waitress working the late shift alone at a rural roadside diner.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The plot revolves around a high school student – played by Michael O’Keefe – and his journey to obtain a college scholarship.
    — Ben Morse, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Less than 400 years ago, people were arrested for asserting that Earth revolves around the sun.
    — Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 14 July 2024
  • Tucker and Stout have the kicker and punter jobs locked down, so the only potential drama that exists revolves around the new kickoff rules and whether the Ravens will perhaps try Stout as a kickoff specialist.
    — Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 21 July 2024

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