twirled; twirling; twirls
Examples of twirl in a Sentence
Verb
They twirled past us on the dance floor.
The cheerleaders jumped and twirled.
The kite twisted and twirled in the wind.
The chef twirled the noodles around his fork.
Noun
The dancers executed perfect twirls.
the twirl of the dancer's skirt mesmerized me
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Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Constellation Carousel will allow guests to whirl and twirl across the Milky Way.
—Samantha Neely, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Every awards show, including at last night’s 2025 Oscars, director Cole Walliser and his crew take their premium spot on the step and repeat, and proceed to capture A-list stars doing their best twirls and poses for both high-speed and slow-motion video clips.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2025
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Verb
But the real show came later, when Ne-Yo was spotted on the dance floor twirling tongues with one of his girlfriends and grabbing her derriere.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Constellation Carousel will allow guests to whirl and twirl across the Milky Way.
—Samantha Neely, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
Noun
Some of them assented to a ceremonial final flight, a last twirl for the cameras and dignitaries, like the Parisian leg of the Tour de France.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Every awards show, including at last night’s 2025 Oscars, director Cole Walliser and his crew take their premium spot on the step and repeat, and proceed to capture A-list stars doing their best twirls and poses for both high-speed and slow-motion video clips.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2025
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“Twirl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/twirl. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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twirl
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: an act of twirling
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