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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Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Apr. 2024
The spire, which is shaped as the tail of four dragons twirled together, was under renovation when the fire broke out, at 7:30 a.m.
—Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024
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Verb
The 2017 poster stirred up online outrage amid allegations that the image of a young, twirling Claudia Cardinale had been altered to make the Italian star look thinner.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Apr. 2024
The spire, which is shaped as the tail of four dragons twirled together, was under renovation when the fire broke out, at 7:30 a.m.
—Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024
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“Twirl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/twirl. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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twirl
2 of 2 noun
: an act of twirling
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