- present participle of gyrate.
gyrating
Example Sentences
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Stocks are gyrating as though there’s a full-blown crisis, while the S&P 500 is just 2% from its high.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
“Sexistential” presents both sides of a modern mother’s Venn diagram, with Robyn gyrating in its overlapping middle, inviting us to her party.
From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2026
The team dressed in Santa hats and reindeer antlers, throwing the slowly gyrating microphone to each other to speak while candy canes floated around their heads.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2025
Yes, Britney karaoke is mostly a frivolous, gyrating nightclub fantasy, but an accessible and uplifting one.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2023
There was no gyrating sack on his shoulder, so he hadn’t recaptured Witching Hour like he’d said he would.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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