pirouette
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gyration, reel, revolution, roll, rotation, spin, twirl, wheel, whirl
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First base umpire Ron Kulpa had to do a pirouette to avoid Heyward’s rip down the line, which prompted Ausmus to leave the dugout for a quick discussion about a possible review. — Phil Rogers, latimes.com, "Angels blown out by Cubs despite pointing to ‘an inch or two here or there’," 3 June 2019 When listening to Rolling Stones music, one is more likely to think of screaming fans and large arenas than pirouettes and Lincoln Center. — Charlotte Chilton, Town & Country, "Mick Jagger Reveals What it's Like to Collaborate With His Girlfriend, Melanie Hamrick," 28 Feb. 2019 Dancers were warming up — one lay on the floor, her legs extended stiffly in front of her, doing crunches; others stood in the center of the room seeming to turn dance steps over in their minds before bursting into spectacular pirouettes. — Sasha Weiss, New York Times, "Justin Peck Is Making Ballet That Speaks to Our Everyday Lives," 10 May 2018 With fewer frames to absorb, your eyes are able to follow every blow and pirouette. — Patricia Hernandez, The Verge, "The Dragon Prince is influenced by Avatar: The Last Airbender in the best ways," 7 Sep. 2018 Throughout all these pirouettes, however, nothing actually changed on the level of economic policy. — Matthew Yglesias, Vox, "Republicans are preparing to disavow Trump if he fails — then come back and try the same policies," 6 Sep. 2018 Erardi writes about him with a suggestive and subjugating prose, without grammatical pirouettes. — Jorge Ebro, miamiherald, "This is why this book about Tony Perez is a must-read for fans, lovers of Cuban history | Miami Herald," 18 May 2018 At the Farallones, 40-foot humpbacks were launching into the air, rotating in half pirouettes, then crashing into the sea on their backs. — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, "Chart-buster times: salmon to whales, bears to bighorns," 8 July 2018 Reve’s quintuple pirouettes in Basilio’s equally impressive variations brought gleeful laudations from the crowd, this critic included. — Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com, "Ballet Nacional de Cuba's 'Don Quixote' is unapologetically unrefreshed — and the dancing is glorious," 19 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'pirouette.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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