gyrate
verb (used without object)
to move in a circle or spiral, or around a fixed point; whirl.
are gyrating
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present progressiveof gyrate.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Stocks are gyrating as though there’s a full-blown crisis, while the S&P 500 is just 2% from its high.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
Jewish Ball Player Fifty thousand acrobats are gyrating in Munich in the various events of the National gymnastic meet.
From Time Magazine Archive
He compares an electrolytic cell to a ballroom, in which are gyrating a number of dancing couples, representing the neutral molecules, and a number of isolated ladies and gentlemen representing the anions and cations respectively.
From The Mechanism of Life by Stéphane Leduc
