spiral
noun
a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
will spiral
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future tenseof spiral.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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And with fears growing prices will spiral even higher, the central bank is set to hike its benchmark rate for the second time this year when it meets Thursday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
Investors took fright that the deficit will spiral out of control and were mollified somewhat Friday morning when Britain’s Treasury leaked that rosier economic forecasts might leave her with a smaller budget gap.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
What do you make of this idea of the “doom loop” — that the city will spiral downward because of all the interwoven problems that it is facing?
From New York Times ● Jun. 14, 2023
That isolation virtually guarantees that vulnerable people will spiral into a crisis, said Dr. Mariposa McCall, a California-based psychiatrist who recently published a paper looking at the effects of solitary confinement.
From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2023
As in the case of Cygnus X-l, the gas will spiral inward and will heat up, though not as much as in that case.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
