spiral
noun
a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
spiraled
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past participleof spiral.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 spiral.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
spiralnouna plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
Example Sentences
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Material pulled from the star formed a disk around the black hole and became intensely hot as it spiraled inward.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
The Sparks easily could have spiraled following Monday’s disaster in Seattle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
Commentators draw parallels with other intractable conflicts, and count the taxpayer money they say has spiraled down the drain.
From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2026
At last year’s staging of “A Streetcar Named Desire” with Paul Mescal, theatergoers were positively tickled as Blanche DuBois spiraled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
Eril-Fane held up his arm, and the bird spiraled an elegant descent, luffed into the wind, and landed.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
