swivel
noun
a fastening device that allows the thing fastened to turn around freely upon it, especially to turn in a full circle.
will swivel
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future tenseof swivel.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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It defines how predictably and agreeably a car will swivel its hips, under braking and throttle, without spinning out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
As such, many observatories, including the James Webb Space Telescope, will swivel their gaze toward Uranus over the next few years.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 30, 2023
While you set the camera to a fixed point, it can detect motion outside of its view, thanks to PIR motion sensors in each floodlight panel, and will swivel the camera to catch it.
From The Verge ● Dec. 7, 2021
And they will swivel the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA’s successor to Hubble, towards the dwarf planet after the satellite launches next year.
From Nature ● Jul. 28, 2020
There is, no doubt, a possibility that in the debate in Sin City on Wednesday Donald Trump will swivel and face the other way, putting the angry rhetoric of recent speeches behind him.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2016
