Example Sentences

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Stocks have gyrated on any ray of hope coming out of the Middle East, and that makes sense.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Lithium prices are up more than 80% this year and nickel prices have gyrated heavily amid trading turmoil in London.

From Reuters • Apr. 19, 2022

Others, like Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 and the Shanghai Composite index, have gyrated but held relatively steady.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 30, 2021

The hype surrounding cryptocurrencies may be inescapable, but that doesn’t mean people understand how they work or why some of their values have gyrated so wildly.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2021

Is it because the two particles, as they have gyrated around their respective poles, have received a repulsive polarity?

From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Semmes, Raphael