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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.
Recent Examples of twirl from the Web
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The thing can constrict around your leg like a real snake, but can then twirl its motors to move up and down your limb—more rolling than slithering.
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Elliott twirled the microphone stand adorned with his trademark British flag scarf.
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Salt Bae picks up your steak and twirls it half a rotation.
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The girls appeared excited as they were twirled by their older brother, who seemed skilled at juggling them both throughout the impromptu dance.
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Spotted in the crowd: A dancing man wearing a cat mask and a suit; lots of dogs chilling in the lot; bubbles; a guy twirling for five-minutes straight; tons of tie-dye shirts.
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An old woman with her grandchild on the grass nearby is deftly twirling her blunt little knife around an apple, the red ribbon of the peel falling in a single flourish, as if the apple had slouched out of its red dress.
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At curtain, ethereal lights rise on a shadowy cosmos represented by stage fog, evocative costumes, music and free-style dance movement (one cast member twirls a spinning globe) as a prelude to video clips from interviews with real people.
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The left-handed pitching prospect, considered among the tops in the game, twirled two scoreless innings in low Single-A Fort Wayne’s 15-0 win.
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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
Recent Examples of twirl from the Web
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Hence the occasional twirl or bark. John Nevin handles communications about the Michigan Supreme Court during the week.
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Classic couples like Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers and Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds twirl across the big screen in showings of Top Hat, Swing Time, An American in Paris, and Singin’ in the Rain.
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Back for another twirl on the stage are season 1 stars Porkchop, Akashia, Jade, Ongina, Shannel, Rebecca Glascock, Nina Flowers, and RuPaul’s first Drag Race winner BeBe Zahara Benet.
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What’s a song that can get you out on the dance floor for a twirl?
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This early-summer spin on linguine alle vongole, aka pasta with clams, brings peas, pea leaves and smoky-sweet chiles de árbol to the traditional twirl of spaghetti, tender bits of clam and buttery, briny pan sauce.
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Once again, the extremely compressed distance in these images both illuminates the rate at which our planet twirls and accentuates the size of Earth’s lunar friend.
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My sisters texted me a photo of their twirls of long pasta doused in red sauce.
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DeWolfe razzes the band between sets and, during songs, twirls Schemerle's limp yellow body like a wet towel.
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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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