spiral

Example Sentences

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As this material spirals inward under immense gravity, it forms a rotating, disk-shaped structure before falling into the black hole.

From Science Daily

Both moves have the same objective: preserving a system still shaken by last summer’s 12-day war with Israel and by sanctions that have sent the economy spiraling.

From The Wall Street Journal

This is a downward spiral - and every time you think it has ended, has kept going deeper.

From BBC

A gift made calmly two weeks ahead will almost always feel more generous than one made in a last-minute spiral.

From Salon

“Growing up as a child of immigrants, I was kind of self conscious about displaying too much of my culture,” she says between bites of spiral fried potato.

From Los Angeles Times