pirouette
noun
a whirling about on one foot or on the points of the toes, as in ballet dancing.
pirouetted
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past participleof pirouette.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof pirouette.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
pirouettenouna whirling about on one foot or on the points of the toes, as in ballet dancing.
Example Sentences
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The latter came with a star cameo from two of the show's young stars, Emma Myers and Evie Templeton, who pirouetted around Gaga and her dancers in wispy bridal gowns.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2025
“What is dancing?” he asked jurors as he pranced and pirouetted across the room.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2025
Trailing by a TD, Penix pirouetted out of a sure sack, scampered to the left sideline and heaved a missile that Culp somehow came down with over three Trojan defenders.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2023
On a recent afternoon, 18 members of Birmingham Royal Ballet spun, pirouetted and leaped across a rehearsal room, with all the grace and skill associated with classical dance.
From New York Times ● Sep. 25, 2023
Ahead of him, the sky pirouetted on First Congregational’s sunlit steeple.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
