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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Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
But then, in August of 2024, it got stuck — again — this time slowly twirling in a kind of ocean vortex known as the Taylor column.
—Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025
Leslie Jamison, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Then, Alec spun Hilaria into a twirl, before the pair began to dance in unison while holding hands on a porch.
—Erin Clack, People.com, 24 Aug. 2025
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Verb
Two go-go dancers twirled on a bar behind them.
—Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
But then, in August of 2024, it got stuck — again — this time slowly twirling in a kind of ocean vortex known as the Taylor column.
—Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
Towel-waving involves an intricate flow of flips, curls, and twirls, each with its own name: helicopter, dirty copter, pizza, super8.
—Leslie Jamison, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Then, Alec spun Hilaria into a twirl, before the pair began to dance in unison while holding hands on a porch.
—Erin Clack, People.com, 24 Aug. 2025
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“Twirl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/twirl. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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twirl
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: an act of twirling
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