- present participle of pirouette.
pirouetting
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Playing the Dead’s “Blues for Allah” on this tour — an LP rooted in Middle Eastern scales, pirouetting time signatures and improvisational telepathy — put him in communion with his old friend.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
Imagine playing as Mario, pirouetting through the Mushroom Kingdom as a waft of a Fire Flower power-up hits you.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2025
In 2020, Anthony Madu’s dance teacher in Lagos, Nigeria, posted a video of the then 11-year-old student gracefully pirouetting and pulling off grand jetés barefoot in the rain.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2024
Pulling myself up a little taller, I began pirouetting to a waltz from Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 14, 2023
I looked in the mirror at our reflection, at the twelve girls, sleek and shiny, pirouetting blurs of black, white and pink.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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