pinwheeling
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pinwheeling
Example Sentences
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The Crab Nebula features a neutron star at its center that has formed into a 12-mile-wide pulsar pinwheeling electromagnetic radiation across the cosmos.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 18, 2024
The man and his car were pinwheeling down a flooded river before he was lifted to safety by a helicopter.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2023
San Francisco’s Brett Wisely lost his bat while hitting a third-inning double play, sending it pinwheeling into the Reds dugout, where it disappeared into the opening to the tunnel leading to the clubhouse.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 18, 2023
Twice in this dance, we see multiple men pinwheeling multiple women on high, almost like multiple bitter triumphs, as Sinatra sings out to us that “his way” is worth “all the blows.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2022
The ground rumbled, the rocks under her feet gave way, and she fell, pinwheeling into the darkness below.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
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