revolve
verb (used without object)
to move in a circular or curving course or orbit.
revolves
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present tense formof revolve (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Johnston pointed to Bukele's political persona, which revolves around his iron-fisted crackdown on organized crime in his Cental American country.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
The newly identified object orbits this brown dwarf, creating a remarkable arrangement in which a massive satellite circles an object that itself revolves around a star.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026
For all its fluff, it does occasionally show its teeth, even when much of the story revolves around women whose lives revolve around men.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
Social life revolves around the Shoreby Club, housed in the restored 1890s mansion originally built for industrialist Samuel Mather.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
The Sun was a metaphor for God, around Whom all else revolves.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
