Example Sentences

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He hoists this thing up on his back and carries it, bringing humor, heart and authentic emotion to his performance, even when Howard is twirling him around in a nondescript hallway filled with colored smoke.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2024

"We need to get the executive back up and running... at the moment the pilot light is on but no-one is twirling those knobs," he said.

From BBC • May 23, 2018

It’s 3:55 p.m. and Elena Mullins, a Baroque dancer, is twirling in the center of a living room of a home surrounded by overhung trees in the Northwest DC neighborhood of Barnaby Woods. 

From Washington Post • May 6, 2016

Leo is twirling his curls at top speed.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

At the third knock, I answer the door, and there he is, twirling his key chain.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau