twirled; twirling; twirls
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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Angelique Jackson, Variety, 3 Mar. 2025
Batherson twirled his stick before tucking it back like a sword remaining in its sheath.
—Julian McKenzie, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
Christian Allaire, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2025
When breaks end, the referee twirls his arm above his head three times, and the game clock restarts.
—Ken Belson, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
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Verb
The hitmaker clocked the most hours of anyone, twirling and twerking (with a champagne glass in hand) to every song on the DJ’s set list from ABBA and Gloria Estefan to Kendrick Lamar.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 3 Mar. 2025
Batherson twirled his stick before tucking it back like a sword remaining in its sheath.
—Julian McKenzie, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
Noun
Every awards show, including at last night’s 2025 Oscars, director Cole Walliser and his crew take their premium spot on the step and repeat, and proceed to capture A-list stars doing their best twirls and poses for both high-speed and slow-motion video clips.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2025
When breaks end, the referee twirls his arm above his head three times, and the game clock restarts.
—Ken Belson, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
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“Twirl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/twirl. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.
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twirl
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: an act of twirling
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