How to Use revolve in a Sentence

revolve

verb
  • As the gear revolves, it turns the other gears.
  • The software allows you to revolve images.
  • The Earth revolves on its axis.
  • When ready to perform, the stage would revolve and place the new artist in front of the crowd.
    Griselda Flores, Billboard, 4 Dec. 2022
  • Their lives seemed to revolve around the two young girls, Castro said.
    al, 29 Nov. 2022
  • The changes that many workers want seem to revolve around more than just wages.
    Alana Semuels, Time, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Even better, most styles revolve around the $25-$45 price point.
    Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping, 28 July 2022
  • The palate is a study on how to make a whisky revolve around oak while staying subtle and classy.
    Felipe Schrieberg, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022
  • When the past revolves around a gaping wound, a novelist must give shape to the void.
    Ruth Margalit, The New York Review of Books, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Three of my friends lived in the same house, and our lives began to revolve around their living room.
    Charis Morgan, Wired, 29 Mar. 2022
  • The new season will revolve around a murder at a wedding.
    Joe Otterson, Variety, 27 Apr. 2022
  • For Graves, the idea of progress in 2023 will not revolve solely around the number of non-white men who get head coaching jobs.
    Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2023
  • One night when the set was revolving back around upstage, one of the fireworks got caught on a curtain and caught on fire.
    Leah Romero, ELLE, 24 May 2023
  • And of those who revolve their balances, 58% (56 million people) — have been in debt for at least one year.
    Jill Schlesinger, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Each page on your site should target two to three keywords that revolve around a central idea.
    Lindsay Boyajian, Forbes, 21 June 2022
  • The decision has and still will revolve around a simple question: Can Johnston help the Stars win games?
    Dallas News, 21 Oct. 2022
  • This means that some of the most in-demand skills of the workplace of the near future will revolve around tackling these high-level challenges.
    Bernard Marr, Forbes, 15 June 2022
  • Their lives revolve around radical ideals, as well as lies.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 21 May 2022
  • This is the first Marvel series to star and revolve around a Muslim teen superhero.
    Meredith Woerner, Variety, 9 May 2022
  • If your 2023 resolutions revolve around health, fitness, or self-care, this is the perfect way to kick off the new year.
    Leigh Crandall, Country Living, 1 Jan. 2023
  • Like on the show, Tully and Kate's rift does revolve around Marah but in a completely different way.
    Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 2 Dec. 2022
  • So many of our favorite moments as a family revolve around one or the other.
    Sam Gillette, PEOPLE.com, 7 June 2022
  • Nicknames in hockey tend to revolve around a player's proper name, but every now and then, a unique one comes along.
    Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Everything would revolve around Williams’ ability to push the ball up the court and distribute it to a younger teamer.
    Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Nov. 2022
  • The plots revolve around the cultural friction between the women and the roster of dotty customers who parade through the place.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Changes in credit card rates closely track the Fed’s moves, so consumers can expect to pay more on any revolving debt.
    Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 13 June 2023
  • Some revolve around prepping the egg for peeling, and others around prepping it for boiling, but all will help the keep the shell from sticking so firmly to the white.
    Erin Cavoto, Country Living, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Of those who revolve their balances, 58% — 56 million people — have been in debt for at least one year, according to Bankrate.
    Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2024
  • As his home life came to revolve around his collection, so did Mat’s social circle.
    Brian Howey, WIRED, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Some of those changes Ruffin was brought in to aid revolved specifically around rebuilding the band around Sweet Sue.
    Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 May 2023

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