Thesaurus results for SWIVELING

swiveling

verb

variants or swivelling

present participle of swivel

as in rotating

to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis the cat swiveled one ear to listen to a sound outside swiveled around in his office chair

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Recent Examples of swiveling And Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis (2022) dropped its kitschy, hip-swiveling subject into a delirious fever dream that at the very least made its messy screenplay interesting. —

Keith Murphy, VIBE.com, 24 Apr. 2026 Weather-resistant wicker and outdoor cushions with Sunbrella slipcovers are key for exterior furniture, and this armchair is a comfy, swiveling mixed-media accent for alfresco entertaining. —

Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 14 Apr. 2026 Our guide in Moscow, Tanya, was a middle-aged woman who wore thick glasses plucked from a swiveling Optika stand at a Metro station. —

Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026 Sound collected by a deer’s large, swiveling outer ears is funneled through small, conical ducts into these bulbous structures protecting the middle and inner ears. —

Jeff Wilson, Outdoor Life, 11 Mar. 2026 And his signature move is still sharp, a collection of swiveling heels, leg twitches and kicks. —

Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 8 Mar. 2026 The Premier League side did take the lead shortly after the half-hour mark, Gudmundsson providing the delivery from the left and Longstaff controlling, swivelling and finishing superbly. —

Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026 Then there are automatic shooting modes, like the swiveling spin shot, and Honor has plans for other automations, including AI video editing. —

Dominic Preston, The Verge, 4 Mar. 2026 Now the piano has something to play against, slinking, leaping, whipping, and swiveling like an agitated shark in a tank of impassive harmonies. —

Justin Davidson, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2026

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The third-year students spent nearly a year developing and refining the engine, which runs through continuous rotating explosions in a circular chamber.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 18 May 2026
The worst of the severe weather is expected west and northwest of the Kansas City metro, where supercells (large, rotating thunderstorms) capable of producing hail and strong to intense tornadoes are most likely from central Kansas and southeast Nebraska into Iowa and northwest Missouri.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 18 May 2026