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 His voice fell across a silent rink as Lemieux and Bourne twirled in the spotlight. —

Dan Robson, New York Times, 29 May 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 Prince Harry and Meghan hugged, twirled, dipped and danced across the frames taken during their first dance as a married couple, and the shots showed off new angles of her royal reception dress for the first time. —

Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026 This chic skirt is just begging to be worn and twirled around in. —

Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 4 May 2026 Keith twirled the edges in his fingers and flipped the long part back and forth over his shoulder. —

Danielle Parker, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026 The famed dancer twirled, dropped, and enraptured the crowd in a flowing white ensemble, while Rae contrasted her in bright red latex. —

Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2026 After each song ended, another woman looked to him eagerly, hoping for her turn to be twirled on the floor. —

Natalia Favre, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026

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Rice swung at the first pitch from left-hander Noah Cameron, a four-seam fastball, to hit a triple that took an awkward bounce off the left field wall and scattered away from Royals left fielder Isaac Collins past the foul line.

— PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 28 May 2026
The company has also swung its strategy widely, from an embrace of low-carbon business lines to a hard pivot back to oil and gas.

— Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 28 May 2026