Example Sentences

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“Not that people were twirling their mustaches and saying, ‘We’d never do that, because we’re greedy,’ ” he said.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 19, 2019

Back then, my best times were twirling my baby girl under the gloaming sky on a Florida beach and flopping on the bed with my husband — feet propped against the wall — and talking.

From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2013

She did it as if she were twirling a knob on a hi-fi amplifier.

From Time Magazine Archive

What if the particles of radiation were twirling on their own axes as they dashed forward?

From Time Magazine Archive

We were twirling again, my feet on his as he held me close.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer