twirled

Example Sentences

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Rashid had Seifert stumped before Brook twirled through his tweakers - Ahmed having Rachin Ravindra caught mid-wicket in the 12th over.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

Dancing to drums in downtown Yangon, the crowd of nationalist activists and saffron-robed monks twirled miniature national flags and toted banners denying accusations of ethnic cleansing being levelled at The Hague.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

Yoshinobu Yamamoto successfully lobbied the Dodgers to head down to the bullpen and begin warming up—even though he had twirled a complete game two days earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

Against both New York teams, he twirled a career-high-tying six innings and gave up just one earned run in each start.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2025

The gray man picked a pencil out of his girdle and twirled it between his fingers.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin