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swivel

verb as in spin around axis

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Example Sentences

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His head launches into a slow but steady swivel.

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They kept swiveling their eyes this way and that to discover who in Saint Petersburg society might notice them with their new royal friend and start some fantastic rumor as a result.

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They swiveled around corners, marched up flights of stairs and down again, and passed through doors that creaked as if they had not been opened in years.

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She was all alertness; her ears swiveled, searching for sounds, and her nose twitched as it picked up fresh scents on every current of air.

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Beejee pushed his way into the apartment, his head swiveling this way and that, as if he was looking for a stowaway.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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