Examples of gyration in a Sentence
dizzy from the spirally gyrations of the roller coaster
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Wild gyrations in commodities prices are having huge impacts on economies the world over.
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Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Thursday’s report from the Labor Department also showed that the four-week moving average of jobless claims, which balances out some of the week-to-week gyrations, rose by 6,000 to 212,250.
—Matt Ott, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
As for the tourists, their van pulls up, far in the background of a long shot that gazes through the grand lobby of the hotel—where, in the foreground, a small folk orchestra of blind musicians, accompanied by a dance troupe’s festive gyrations, provides a showy welcome.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2026
French Finance Minister Roland Lescure shrugged off gyrations in the yen after chairing a meeting of his Group of Seven counterparts.
—William Horobin, Bloomberg, 28 Jan. 2026
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Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Thursday’s report from the Labor Department also showed that the four-week moving average of jobless claims, which balances out some of the week-to-week gyrations, rose by 6,000 to 212,250.
—Matt Ott, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
As for the tourists, their van pulls up, far in the background of a long shot that gazes through the grand lobby of the hotel—where, in the foreground, a small folk orchestra of blind musicians, accompanied by a dance troupe’s festive gyrations, provides a showy welcome.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2026
French Finance Minister Roland Lescure shrugged off gyrations in the yen after chairing a meeting of his Group of Seven counterparts.
—William Horobin, Bloomberg, 28 Jan. 2026
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“Gyration.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gyration. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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gyration
noun
gy·ra·tion
jī-ˈrā-shən 
: the pattern of convolutions of the brain
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