twirled; twirling; twirls
Examples of twirl in a Sentence
Verb
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.
Noun
The dancers executed perfect twirls.
the twirl of the dancer's skirt mesmerized me
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Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Almost every time there’s a close call the player comes up twirling his finger, beseeching his coach to ask for a review.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
Jillian Sederholm, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2025
Give us conflicted villains who do more than twirl mustaches (or read ominous passages from Peter Pan).
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Sprinklers were twirling on little patches of lawn.
—Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Almost every time there’s a close call the player comes up twirling his finger, beseeching his coach to ask for a review.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
Alec joined Hilaria on the reality competition's premiere last week, crashing her rehearsal to take a twirl with his wife's dance partner himself.
—Jillian Sederholm, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2025
Give us conflicted villains who do more than twirl mustaches (or read ominous passages from Peter Pan).
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for twirl
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“Twirl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/twirl. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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twirl
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: an act of twirling
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