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Examples of twirl in a Sentence
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.
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People that can expertly sing and dance while effortlessly picking up and twirling another person that can also expertly sing and dance.
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Overture on harmonica while flatfoot dancing and twirling a rope.
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To achieve Middleton’s voluminous look, my stylist used Kérastase products — the Duchess is reportedly a fan — and twirled my hair with a round brush before pinning it up in rollers.
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As the animal approached, Luis Parra Villanueva stood several feet from the wall and twirled his rope in a sequence of pronounced gyrations.
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Some just spend time waltzing around the makeshift shop and twirling in their new dresses.
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On the sidewalk beyond the fence, under the orange glow of the streetlights on Sunset, women in skirts of lime green, orange, or bright yellow paced back and forth, twirling tiny purses with impatience.
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The amazing silk and aerial artists from The John Cooper School, under the direction of Elizabeth Demonico, will be once again be whirling and twirling through the air in gorgeous swaths of color.
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Finau would attach knives to both ends of a stick, light them on fire and twirl the flaming, razor-sharp contraption like a baton.
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Origin and Etymology of twirl
perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialect tvirla to twirl; akin to Old High German dweran to stir
NEW! Time Traveler
First Known Use: 1598
in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1
See Words from the same yearExamples of twirl in a Sentence
The dancers executed perfect twirls.
the twirl of the dancer's skirt mesmerized me
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The singer also graced us all with a few twirls down the red carpet, before posing with the designer.
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Joan's younger childlike moves have now been replaced by a physicality represented in somersaults, cartwheels, kicks and twirls.
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Each actor builds a character through a sashaying walk or shoulder shimmy or a graceful twirl or a commanding presence.
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Sporting a grey wig — a nod to Luyendyk Jr.’s salt and pepper locks — Unglert first took a twirl as the camera panned up from his feet to his head.
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Gyrating to and fro, the young woman who performed the mythic twirl was a blur, infused with a life force that her onlookers envied and extolled.
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Just take some of the foam in your hands to gently detangle hair and twirl it around your fingers to redefine the curls.
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The artist has been known the world over for his giant metal wind sculptures, which shift and twirl with the slightest breeze.
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This Polish rite of spring invites revelers in Polish peasant-style dresses to twirl and hop down Detroit Avenue to the familiar songs of Cleveland polka legend Frankie Yankovic.
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First Known Use of twirl
1598
TWIRL Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of twirl for English Language Learners
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: to turn (something) around and around quickly
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: to turn or spin around and around
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: to twist or wrap (something) around something
twirl
Definition of twirl for English Language Learners
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: an act of turning or spinning around quickly
TWIRL Defined for Kids
Definition of twirl for Students
twirled;
twirling
: to turn or cause to turn rapidly
- Next, he picked up a … brush by the handle and twirled it back and forth …
- —Franklin W. Dixon, The Secret Panel
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twirler
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