Example Sentences

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Swiveling his propellers sideways, Johnson uses the tug as a deadweight to act as an anchor to slow the Marjorie C.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2021

Swiveling the horizontal tail, which is technically called the stabilizer, to the end stop gives the airplane’s nose the maximum possible push downward.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 17, 2019

Swiveling from past to present and back again, the writer and director, Lee Su-jin, drops ominous clues — a bruised boy; a mysterious infection — that only slowly coalesce into a larger tragedy.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2014

Swiveling red-and-black robots fasten parts with a delicate touch.

From BusinessWeek • Sep. 13, 2012

Swiveling around in his chair, he unlocked and opened the wide file drawer.

From "The Landry News" by Andrew Clements