- present participle of pirouette.
pirouetting
Example Sentences
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She did it again on the very next possession, this time coming down from the top of the key, pirouetting into the paint and dropping in the easy two-footer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2025
Pulling myself up a little taller, I began pirouetting to a waltz from Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 14, 2023
It’s assumed that the audience, without nudging, sees the ridiculousness of showing a genocidal monster pirouetting on skates.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2023
James Rodriguez stunned the crowd with a sensational strike, taking the ball on his chest just outside the D, before pirouetting and smashing an unstoppable volley into the top corner.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2022
She chose the gaudiest one there—four-inch-high ballet dancers in purple tutus, their pink legs pirouetting on a greenish four- in-hand.
From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson
