gyrate
verb (used without object)
to move in a circle or spiral, or around a fixed point; whirl.
gyrates
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present tense formof gyrate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Key details: The headline increase in wholesale prices was exaggerated by a large rise in a category known as retail trade margins that often gyrates sharply from month to month.
From MarketWatch ● May 13, 2026
Delia is possessed by a ghoul who makes her sing the Caribbean number in the voice of Belafonte while she gyrates with her mortified dinner guests.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026
Then, after he talks himself out, he gyrates to the music, waving his veiny arms in the air.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2025
In pink trousers and a matching puffer jacket, Grammy-nominated Kenyan musician Bien-Aime Alusa gyrates on stage as he sings to a bank of swaying fans, many capturing the moment on their mobile phones.
From Reuters ● Jan. 5, 2023
Even humanism, which by its name would seem to be brother to its present-day parody, perceived an ideal far above the vicious circle in which humanitarianism gyrates.
From The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance by Paul Elmer More
