gyrate
verb (used without object)
to move in a circle or spiral, or around a fixed point; whirl.
was gyrating
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past progressiveof gyrate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Today, Pai was gyrating his hips and singing a satirical song about the king.
From Reuters ● Dec. 18, 2020
Joseph Rascoff shook his head in disapproval because the fireworks had cost the tour $3 million and the “inflatable dragon woman Mick was gyrating on cost $100,000.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2017
Pointedly underdressed in a black T-shirt, Mr. Rosen was gyrating on the dance floor to Kool and the Gang, silver hair flowing, fist in the air.
From New York Times ● May 29, 2013
On currency markets, the euro was gyrating in anticipation of a bold rescue—or a bust.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2010
Carmens an' Father Timeses, Pierrots an' Pierrettes, Pompadours an' Apaches was gyrating to the soft strains of the orchestra, who perspired at the piano in his shirt-sleeves.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 30, 1919 by Various
