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pirouetting

adjective as in revolving

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A more accurate measurement will be taken on Saturday, when the collector arm is extended and the spacecraft’s thrusters nudge it into a gentle pirouette.

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Swann told his classmate, “Try pirouetting with 11 300-pound guys trying to tackle you.”

The head sails have now been set, and we are curvetting and pirouetting about waiting for preparatory gun.

Then pirouetting over to the largest mirror in sight she began to smooth and twist her silken sash into place.

Pirouetting once more before the mirror, she divided one fleet glance between admiration for herself and scorn for Stanton.

A sad little marble Cupid, with his bow and quiver gone, was still pirouetting in stony glee over a stained and dried-up basin.

It was infinitely droll to see the two, mincing, bowing, and pirouetting in front of the mirror.

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On this page you'll find 13 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pirouetting, such as: orbiting, spinning, swirling, whirling, circling, and circulating.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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