yoyo
Example Sentences
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In 2010, her 20-odd year relationship with Sean Penn ended: divorce followed after a yoyo period of separation and reconciliation, which she has previously attributed to their attempts to keep their family intact.
From The Guardian ● May 21, 2017
The playful subjects include the invention of the yoyo, the arrival of 3-D movies and the introduction of Pac-Man.
From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2012
Again I toyed with the stringless yoyo, so delightedly that I did not notice when we began to slow down.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bruce Dern makes Lowell into a kind of lovable yoyo, a combination of spaced-out Noah and perennial Eagle Scout.
From Time Magazine Archive
Kids started giving them knots — sneaker laces, yoyo strings, toys — and saying, “Ask Maniac to undo this, will ya?”
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
