gyrate
verb (used without object)
to move in a circle or spiral, or around a fixed point; whirl.
were 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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The rock music was booming, the dancers on stage were gyrating, and the crowd was going wild waving thousands of Taiwan flags.
From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2024
He added he was not able to specify the value of the assets because markets were gyrating, making valuation impossible.
From Reuters ● Jun. 22, 2010
The bridge, the river, the valley itself were gyrating slowly, dizzily.
From The Iron Trail by Rex Ellingwood Beach
Hilda was deathly sick; objects were gyrating before her eyes; she felt a hideous nightmare sensation of unreality, and was filled with an intense contempt, a tragic disgust for herself.
From The Winds of Chance by Rex Ellingwood Beach
The arms of the speaker were gyrating and a voice shouted in the ear of the old actor: "What's your name?"
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908. by Various
