How to Use rotate in a Sentence

rotate

verb

• The planets rotate around the sun.
• The staff rotates the weekend shift.
• As the gear rotates, it turns the other gears.
• You should rotate your car's tires once a year.
• The software allows you to rotate images.
• We rotate—she does the dishes one week; I do them the next.
• The Earth rotates on its axis.
• Rotate the sheet of paper 90 degrees.
• The café's menu will feature a hoagie that rotates weekly.
  — Michael Alberty | , oregonlive, 20 June 2023
• Now, its forces have been compelled to regroup, rotate fighters and rearm just to hold the city.
  — Mstyslav Chernov and Jamey Keaten, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2023
• The Beavers will be able to rotate between the first and second lines and not see a noticeable fall in play.
  — Ndaschel, oregonlive, 18 Aug. 2023
• George will rotate once even though the length around the seed is negligible.
  — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 20 June 2023
• The emcee is a selection made by the host network, and the host network rotates from year to year.
  — Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Jan. 2024
• The work on view will rotate over the coming years, so perhaps the question will be moot as new work supplants the old.
  — Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2023
• In fact, the way that the pads rotate had potential to create an even bigger mess.
  — Andrea Wurzburger, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 June 2023
• Drew felt his players did a good job of rotating out of the double team, speeding the game up.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 5 Jan. 2024
• As the planet rotates around the sun, the axis continues to point in the same direction.
  — Doyle Rice, The Courier-Journal, 21 June 2023
• Then, move on to the rotating ceramic rod, one side rough and the other smooth, and finish with the leather strop.
  — Jim Cobb, Field & Stream, 21 Sep. 2023
• The summit rotates through different parts of the world, and the UEA successfully won the bid to host this year.
  — Stephanie Ebbs, ABC News, 30 Nov. 2023
• The risk in the double-team is that the Gaels rotate the ball to the open shooter as well as anyone in the country, and that means taking away 2s for 3s.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Nov. 2023
• Note that this budget-friendly miter saw does not rotate to make bevel cuts to the right.
  — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Oct. 2023
• Once you are laid on the flatbed, it is passed through the gantry as the CT scanner rotates around the body to take continuous X-ray images.
  — Doru Paul, Verywell Health, 15 Nov. 2023
• Observations from the past 50 years all point to one trend: that more active stars tend to rotate faster.
  — Popular Science, 29 Feb. 2024
• Faced with a slim parking spot, the car rotates in place as the wheels move independently, like a tank.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 1 Nov. 2023
• The 10-inch smart display is great for video calls with anyone who struggles to frame themselves or sit still since the screen rotates to best keep them in the shot.
  — Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 31 July 2023
• To pair with the elevated pub grub, there's more than 20 rotating beers on tap.
  — Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 25 May 2023
• As the pendulum swings back and forth, the Earth below it will rotate (because the rotation of the Earth is what causes night and day).
  — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 26 Jan. 2024
• Carlson and Brady Ebel will rotate at shortstop and third base, forming a standout left side of the infield.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2024
• The first two cages rotate together every 30 seconds, and the third every 60 seconds.
  — Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2024
• Cook, covered, about 2 minutes, rotating skillet after 1 minute, or until whites are set but yolks are still runny.
  — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 9 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024