Thesaurus / spun
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How to use spun in a sentence
The "reach" went on with the forward axle, and the back wheels spun around, dashed across the road, and smashed into the fence.
MOTOR MATT'S "CENTURY" RUNSTANLEY R. MATTHEWSBy-and-by, as his old friends rallied round him, he spun many a yarn about Rio.
SKIPPER WORSEALEXANDER LANGE KIELLANDShe liked the rapid gait at which they spun along, and the quick, sharp sound of the horses' hoofs on the hard road.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINHe said "Now" with a little sucking in of breath and a thin anticipant smile and spun on his heel.
HOODED DETECTIVE, VOLUME III NO. 2, JANUARY, 1942VARIOUSEven rocks have been imitated; and spun glass has often successfully represented water.
THE LADIES' BOOK OF ETIQUETTE, AND MANUAL OF POLITENESSFLORENCE HARTLEYAmerican hemp was used, this softer fiber being spun by hand long after Manila hemp was spun by machines.
THE WONDER BOOK OF KNOWLEDGEVARIOUSHe had hardly spoken before he spun half-way around, a surprised expression on his face.
A VIRGINIA SCOUTHUGH PENDEXTERThen it spun around in a frantic convulsion, and in a moment lay dead on its back, its tiny fed tongue protruding, its paws rigid.
THE MEDICI BOOTSPEARL NORTON SWETSpun out over a line of twenty rods, the cavalcade was the image of senseless rout.
OVERLANDJOHN WILLIAM DE FORESTHe was an earnest, plain-spun sort of individual, but he got through his parabolical exposition very satisfactorily.
OUR CHURCHES AND CHAPELSATTICUSWORDS RELATED TO SPUN
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