gyrate
verb (used without object)
to move in a circle or spiral, or around a fixed point; whirl.
gyrating
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present participleof gyrate.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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In the fog of war, precise data is scarce and the battlefield is shifting too fast for investors, leading to gyrating oil prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
The team dressed in Santa hats and reindeer antlers, throwing the slowly gyrating microphone to each other to speak while candy canes floated around their heads.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2025
At its height, and after gyrating through a verse or two of “Confessions,” Usher brought forth an HBCU-style marching band and drumline in formation, spelling out his name.
From Salon ● Feb. 12, 2024
Catta-Preta’s fireball energy delivers loud laughs, dancing, singing, gyrating and serving up humor in two languages — there seems to be nothing this fiery Brazilian can’t do.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2023
At a formal dinner once a professor of some science or other, wanting to make small talk, had pointed out a few insects gyrating above a candelabra.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
