Example Sentences

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The study also showed that a large amount of fast-moving material was ejected during the explosion, suggesting that it must have been spinning very quickly when it exploded.

From Science Daily • Nov. 25, 2024

The debut of college football’s Fenway Bowl and the NHL’s Winter Classic were the most visible events, but fans have been spinning the turnstiles all offseason.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2023

Berhalter’s first order of business will be stopping the wheels that have been spinning idly since the loss to Trinidad and Tobago that cost the team its qualification.

From Slate • Dec. 2, 2018

A big LBW shout goes up as Amla plays forward to the fifth of the over, but it might have been spinning too much.

From The Guardian • Jan. 14, 2016

Emma’s brain must have been spinning as badly as Chess’s.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix