revolve
verb (used without object)
to move in a circular or curving course or orbit.
is revolving
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present progressiveof revolve (3rd person singular).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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Olsen: Tell me more about working with Patti LuPone, because it’s my impression that everyone that sort of comes into her orbit, somehow everybody suddenly is revolving around Patti.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2025
"Being an equine groom, my job is revolving around someone's luxury," she says.
From BBC ● May 17, 2022
Using the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii, astronomers observed a Jupiter-like planet that is revolving around a white dwarf near the center of the Milky Way.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2021
I am getting increasingly frustrated that all our family scheduling is revolving around a dog.
From Slate ● Mar. 17, 2021
It is plain to see that Mr. Conkling is revolving this whole question in his mind.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
