Thesaurus results for TWIRLED

twirled

verb

past tense of twirl

as in swung

to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis absentmindedly twirled a lock of her hair around her finger

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as in rotated

to move in circles around an axis or center an ice-skater twirling in place

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Recent Examples of twirled Contestants from around the world displayed their skills when the dance competition show first twirled onto screens on July 20, 2005, showing off their skills in wide-ranging genres, including contemporary, hip-hop, jazz and ballroom. — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026 Before putting on the new colorway from her Syrn Playful collection, Sweeney showed off the inside of her trailer and twirled in place, revealing the revealing back of her white matching thong. — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 18 July 2026 Keith twirled the edges in his fingers and flipped the long part back and forth over his shoulder. — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 19 June 2026 Dancers in tennis skirts twirled around with rackets while breaking to move plants and shovel dirt. — Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 18 June 2026 Elias Lindholm would be behind the play and lost, Lohrei and Jokiharju would be overwhelmed and Pasta would be twirled around a fork and devoured. — Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 16 June 2026 Andrew Johnson twirled another postseason gem. — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026 Trojan’s starting pitcher Zach Ryan twirled a gem against the Indians allowing two unearned runs on five hits in six complete innings, but Ryan began to tire and walked Bodie Davis and Cole Koeninger to start the bottom of the seventh. — Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 May 2026 As the White Sox mounted an eighth-inning rally, dozens of fans, then perhaps a couple of hundred, took off their shirts and twirled them in the air. — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 23 May 2026

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Now, the pendulum has swung considerably in the opposite direction.

— Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026
Acuña swung and missed and hopped on his left leg before walking tenderly back to the dugout.

— Ken Sugiura, AJC.com, 24 July 2026

Definition of swung

Verb

Hamilton, minding his own business, had nowhere to go, and Russell clipped him and then spun into the gravel trap.

— Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 20 July 2026
While spun as voluntary resignations, these sorts of shuffles typically indicate top brass — in this case, Netflix content chief Bela Bajaria — is looking to shake up its slates or thinks that fresh eyes are needed to guide programming.

— Josef Adalian, Vulture, 16 July 2026

Definition of spun

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Still, most gravitate toward the main pool, where the Delano's social scene has revolved for decades.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 July 2026
Amid the bigger picture — of which there are many at the moment — Keshad Johnson stands as a reminder that this also is a time of year when the NBA’s small stuff has to be revolved.

— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 11 June 2026

Definition of revolved

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Much of the ground there has turned black with ash and many cars have been reduced to empty shells of twisted metal.

— Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 26 July 2026
For a whiskey company that built its reputation around putting more rye into bourbon and then turned rye itself into its second flagship bottle, blending those two sides together feels like a logical next move.

— Emily Price, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026

Definition of turned

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Dancers from Parsons whirled around in their stocking feet, finding their way through a crowd that included Astrid Hill, Chris and Christina Cuomo, and Lisa and Richard Perry.

— Vanessa Grigoriadis, Vanity Fair, 21 July 2026
There are shirts being whirled all around me as disbelieving fans soak in the celebrations with their squad.

— Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 15 July 2026

Definition of whirled

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Pogačar soared over the Tourmalet to take 30 seconds by the summit, another 40 seconds on the descent, and twisted the knife by gaining another minute and a half to the line.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 26 July 2026
As the audio played in court, Gray gently twisted in his chair when the message to his father was heard but his facial expression remained unchanged.

— Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 24 July 2026

Definition of twisted

Verb

The gold confetti that swirled around MetLife Stadium in New York on Sunday as Spain celebrated winning the World Cup had yet been cleaned up when the fight over the next tournament already began.

— Clemente Lisi, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Headlines from around the country swirled about how the lengthy US government shutdown left local municipalities without the necessary funds to prepare for millions of people coming to the US.

— Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 20 July 2026

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