spinning

Example Sentences

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The siblings’ all-day play in the backyard took on a spinning, rapturous dimension from the swarms of insects that whirred around and above them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Their movement then sends false signals to the brain that the head is spinning, causing the sudden dizziness and spinning sensation, sometimes accompanied by nausea, known as benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, or BPPV.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

He can’t do high spinning kicks or elaborate gymnastics.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

A weekly double bottom base could be taking shape and bulls would have been confident that selling pressure was abating with the appearance of a couple of spinning tops and a doji candle.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

“It’s a spinning wheel. Ingrid can tell you about it while I get cocoa started.”

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows