How to Use in circles in a Sentence
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Dancing in circles on the pier was Booga — alive.
—Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 5 Apr. 2026
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Someone has spray-painted a rash of stars in circles up the stairs.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
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Rub the stone lightly in circles on the fabric to detach and pick up fuzz.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 18 Aug. 2025
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But as pundits talk in circles about our votes, rising costs push our friends and neighbors out of the city.
—Theodore A. Moore, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2025
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Next, dad whips up a smoothie, while JJ spins around in circles like the fruit in the blender.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 26 Dec. 2025
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If the same work keeps coming back as bugs or rework, the team is only moving faster in circles.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
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Supporters walked in circles outside court in protest of Hearn’s charges.
—Gary Grumbach, NBC news, 9 July 2026
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Just to walk in circles, searching for someone who’s never coming.
—Michael Nied, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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Then iron in circles over the salt to gently scrub away any remaining stickiness.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2025
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That number stopped me cold; my brain started panicking and running around in circles in my skull.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 22 Jan. 2026
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His teacher grabbed him and ran him bleeding down the halls, in circles, screaming through the school until help caught up.
—Gabriel Winslow-Yost, New Yorker, 30 July 2026
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The song is very Beths — big hook, power pop sunshine, simple and smart lyrics about why life takes around in circles.
—Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 29 Nov. 2025
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The car can be seen reversing in circles in the near-empty parking lot — the driver’s side door still swinging open.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
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Jag and Jas finish first and are off to find the next clue, while Turner and Megan walk themselves in circles.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 25 Sep. 2025
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Electronic toys can follow your child and spin in circles to perform dramatic rescues.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
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The room seemed to flicker as an aerial dancer on Virgin Voyages’ newest ship spun in circles against bright lights.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
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During the procession and at the park, men gathered in circles to tap their chests in a rhythmic pattern known as latmiya as drummers tapped a beat.
—Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 18 Aug. 2025
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Meanwhile, there were now two F/A-18s flying around the small plane in circles, Rutherford said.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2026
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Authorities found the bear had severe head injuries, was walking in circles and could not flee traffic on the roadway, officials said.
—Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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Video of the incident shows a dark gray truck driving in circles with an unmarked beige SUV closely following him around.
—Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
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What bothers me is the foot-dragging, the spinning in circles, the slow degradation of these characters into annoying stereotypes.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
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However, beneath the surface lies a hidden world of swirling currents, where grains sneak sideways or loop in circles instead of following the obvious flow.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2025
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The video, which was shared by Fox 11 Los Angeles, shows two cars spinning in circles around him, just as the release described.
—Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE, 29 Nov. 2025
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In the video, Gordon shoots hoops, dances freely, and swings her guitar around in circles, mirroring her unexpected freedom in the recording studio.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 14 Jan. 2026
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Gaudenzi, the leaders of the Grand Slams, and player representatives have gone around in circles on this issue.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 25 July 2026
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Cell phone video captured an out-of-control twin-engine boat spinning in circles off Key Biscayne Saturday morning.
—Anna McAllister, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2026
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The kind where communication feels electric and aligned, where conversations don’t loop in circles but actually go somewhere.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 2 Nov. 2025
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The internet rushed to Punch's defense earlier this month after a video of him being aggressively dragged around in circles by an adult monkey went viral.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 26 Feb. 2026
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Soundstages went dark as writers and actors hit the picket lines and paced in circles like strikers have since the days of Andrew Carnegie—different industry, same ritual.
—Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 7 Apr. 2026
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In the circus, everything flows in circles, reflecting freedom and possibility.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
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