How to Use rotation in a Sentence

rotation

noun
  • The car needs a tire rotation.
  • The Earth makes one rotation every day.
  • Alfalfa and corn are planted in rotation.
  • That just leaves the rotations at the corners of the N shape.
    Patrick Honner, Quanta Magazine, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The Reds have made changes to the rotation since the end of last season.
    Joe Harrington, The Enquirer, 16 Mar. 2022
  • If none of those four will be in the rotation, then who?
    Irie Harris, cleveland, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The rotation has been shaky for the Dodgers all season, and been a strong point for the Padres.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
  • At the moment, there wouldn’t seem to be room in the rotation for him.
    Dallas News, 5 Mar. 2023
  • All winnable games backed by one of the best rotations in the majors.
    Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2023
  • Spoil the self-care lover by adding a fresh bathrobe to their rotation.
    Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Dec. 2024
  • He’s been a fleeting part of the rotation to this point.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 6 June 2023
  • As deep as the rotation is, the bullpen might be deeper.
    John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Apr. 2022
  • In 2022, Lodolo is fighting for a spot in the Reds rotation.
    Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 20 Mar. 2022
  • And what does that rotation have to do with the direction of time?
    Jennifer Ouellette and Sean M. Carroll, Ars Technica, 24 Nov. 2023
  • It's called the axis, and this rotation is what gives us day and night.
    Forrest Brown, CNN, 19 Mar. 2022
  • The Red Sox need to find a genuine front-of-the-rotation workhorse.
    Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2022
  • And there was a 12-point scorer last year who this year fell out of the rotation.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 2 May 2025
  • Ohtani could fill a real Dodgers need in their rotation and at the plate.
    Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
  • And to get heavy rotation on MTV, to have your song and video played eight times a day, that was a huge thing.
    Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2022
  • The core rotation will also fire up your obliques, the muscles that run along the sides of your trunk.
    Megan Falk, Women's Health, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Some of the stations that first added dropped us down in their rotation.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2023
  • But the second side is full of songs that have dropped out of their live rotation.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Late in 2021, righthander Franklin German moved from the rotation in Portland to the bullpen.
    Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Sep. 2022
  • But now look at the piece near the axis of rotation (the yellow line).
    Rhett Allain, WIRED, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Drive off into the sunset with Bren Joy and more of the top new R&B that’s in our rotation.
    Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 21 Feb. 2025
  • At other times, he’s struggled so much that he’s been one of the worst starters in the rotation.
    Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 1 June 2024
  • The Phoenix Suns’ center rotation was in a dire state less than 24 hours ago.
    Evan Sidery, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
  • These luxe-looking pairs will be on heavy rotation in the months ahead.
    Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 10 Sep. 2024
  • The Padres padded the back end of their starting rotation at the trade deadline with left-handers Sears and Cortes.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Duty rotations were tighter on the ship, and sometimes weeks passed without a full day off.
    Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025

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