twisting and turning

Example Sentences

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The tiles whirled, twisting and turning like helicopter seeds or bird wings, before hitting the metal dumpster below.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2025

A school of hardyhead silverside fish moves with remarkable precision, twisting and turning in unison as they attempt to evade a group of blacktip reef sharks in Athuruga, Maldives.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2025

His twisting and turning run to beat Croatia defender Joško Gvardiol and set up teammate Julian Alvarez in the semifinals felt like peak Messi, only in slow motion.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2022

Within it are examples of what is becoming McLaurin’s signature: twisting and turning for balls that seem uncatchable because defensive backs are draped all over him, and coming down with them anyway.

From Washington Post • Nov. 24, 2021

The flowers all start to swim together, the blues and the pinks and the whites all twisting and turning and blurring together, the colors coming off the page and reaching toward me.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott