gyrate
verb (used without object)
to move in a circle or spiral, or around a fixed point; whirl.
had gyrated
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past perfectof gyrate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Its shares had gyrated on Thursday last week, with companies in industries as diverse as shipping and pipe production making NFT announcements.
From Reuters ● Mar. 22, 2021
For centuries, he pointed out, the economic cycle had gyrated from giddy boom to violent bust; periods of inflated prosperity induced a speculative rise, which then disrupted commerce and led inexorably to impoverished deflation.
From Time Magazine Archive
In short, prices which had gyrated upward in giddy, uneven swings were coming down in an orderly manner.
From Time Magazine Archive
