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Synonyms for gyrate
Synonyms: Verb
pinwheel, pirouette, revolve, roll, rotate, spin, turn, twirl, wheel, whirl
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Examples of gyrate in a Sentence
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They gyrated to the music. the gyroscope got its name for the way the disk inside the instrument gyrates around an axisRecent Examples on the Web: Verb
Stocks are holding up Financial markets have gyrated wildly this year as investors fret about trade tensions and slowing global growth. — Alain Sherter, CBS News, "3 reasons the U.S. economy isn't set to fall off a cliff," 20 Aug. 2019 Because the Magic and a few other progressive teams are starting to realize that having all-women dance teams shaking, shimmying and gyrating for the entertainment of a mostly male fan base seems a bit sexist. — Mike Bianchi, orlandosentinel.com, "Kudos to Orlando Magic for getting rid of all-woman dance team | Commentary," 11 June 2019 Stocks have gyrated over the last few days following one of their biggest declines of the year last week. — Marley Jay, The Seattle Times, "Global stocks jump, helped by strong earnings in the US," 16 Oct. 2018 Beautiful girls in bikinis gyrate for appreciative American soldiers. — Margaret Gray, Los Angeles Times, "Review: ‘Miss Saigon’ at Pantages, despite its inevitable insensitivities, surprisingly resonates," 25 July 2019 Exos’ Suborbital Autonomous Rocket with GuidancE, or SARGE, rocket lifted off from Spaceport America in New Mexico, but the rocket started gyrating seconds after liftoff before disappearing from view. — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, "Rocket Report: Teachers invest in SpaceX, Russia plans to study reusable launch," 4 July 2019 Dressed in pointedly unglamorous, androgynous togs,anxiety-prone Rue shambles through her days in search of calm and connection and, top priority of all, a high that can quiet her gyrating mind. — Tyler Mitchell, Vogue, "With HBO’s Euphoria, Zendaya Puts Her Disney Past Behind Her Once and For All," 9 May 2019 As the shock presses outward, the electrons inside gyrate around along magnetic field lines, and that motion produces a burst of radio waves. — Joshua Sokol, WIRED, "Astronomers Think They Can Explain Mysterious Cosmic Bursts," 10 Mar. 2019 At Compost Bin!, voluptuous body parts and gender ambiguity are celebrated, paraded around, gyrated, cheered. — Steven Thrasher, Teen Vogue, "Compost Bin! Burlesque Show Provides Space and Celebration for All Bodies," 18 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'gyrate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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