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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
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 2019 After dinner, a very flexible singer called Chris—of Christine and the Queens—gyrates across the stage. — Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, "Cartier Celebrates Its Latest Collection With a Lavish Parisian Fete," 19 Apr. 2019 Alas, there are no gyrating Carnaval dancers in colorful costumes, but there are caipirinhas, which wear their lime and mint leaves rather resplendently, like headdresses. — Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, "Hocca, at the Florida Mall, is full of (hot, Brazilian) bologna | Review," 19 June 2019 Weeks after having his investment authority unceremoniously yanked away from him, Mobile County’s treasurer has gyrated back into the news thanks to homophobic comments online and media interviews. — al.com, "Mobile County treasurer stands by ‘freaking queers’ remark," 18 June 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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