How to use twirl in a sentence

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• The villain began to cachinnate and twirl his moustache.From the entry cachinnate
• She twirled the pencil through her fingers with impressive dexterity.From the entry dexterity
• She twirled around, her eyes blazing.From the entry blazing
• Forefinger twirling impatiently in the air, indicating “Hurry up, you're running long.” Again, that's rattlesome.2014, Ron Hoff, I Can See You Naked. From the entry rattlesome
• In a few more months, she toe-danced, twirled and reached for the sun.2012, Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Chicken Soup for the Grandma's Soul. From the entry toe-dance
• The fact that he was not twirling his kiss curl underscored his catatonic state of mind.2009, Nicole Chénier-Cullen, I Found My Thrill on Parliament Hill, page 37. From the entry catatonic
• Cooked meals and blue blossoms in the yard and old leaves twirling in the chill wind and smoke from the chimney.2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 6, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 37. From the entry blue blossom
• Christina twirls on straps like a spinning coin that hasn’t decided if it will land on heads or harps.2019 September 16, Tom Swift, “Winging It”, in RTÉ Culture, RTÉ. From the entry heads or harps
• “I’m never scared,” Haylie proclaimed, twirling one long blonde strand around her finger and reaching for the gingerbread man-shaped player pieces.2016, Sarah S. Reida, Monsterville: A Lissa Black Production, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN. From the entry unicorny
• A prudent prayer, and a vigorous dance, with many interwoven leaps and twirls and pirouettes, and hastas all around.2009 January 21, Joe Fiorito, “Tamil dance fine gesture even for our crop of snow”, in Toronto Star. From the entry hasta
• Further, the grazing blow caused the ball to pick up a furiously wicked spin, making it a madly twirling object.2009, Allan D. Moore, Doms Need Love Too!: Adventures of the Day Old Muffins, page 116. From the entry sidewall
• A caterpillar is letting itself down on a thread, twirling slowly like a rope artist, spiralling towards his chest.2003, Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake, Virago Press, published 2013, page 46. From the entry caterpillar
• Finally, her arms raised, she began twirling around, faster and faster, as if she were trying to outspin time itself.1999, Jean Fritz, Margot Tomes, Homesick, my own story. From the entry outspin
• Worf, villains who twirl their moustaches are easy to spot.1991, Jeri Taylor, “The Drumhead”, in Star Trek: The Next Generation, season 4, episode 21, Patrick Stewart (actor). From the entry twirl one's moustache
• “I learned how to twirl this summer.1990, Alana White, chapter 3, in Come Next Spring, New York, N.Y.: Clarion Books, →ISBN, page 37. From the entry if pigs had wings, they'd fly
• The water twirled and tossed him while the rain came down and the Hundred Acre Wood got floodier and floodier.1989, Darlene Geis, Walt Disney's Winnie the Pooh Storybook, page 53. From the entry floody
• Dompierre twirled his mustachios in relieved approval.1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados. From the entry mustachio
• The man drew out paper and tobacco and twirled the one up in the other with surprising dexterity.1901 August – 1902 April, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Mr. Sherlock Holmes”, in The Hound of the Baskervilles: Another Adventure of Sherlock…. From the entry agile
• Up on the stage, the dancers twirled and whirled in time to the music and then grapevined across the broad expanse and exited stage left.2013, S.C. Rackes, Cast a Dark Shadow, page 25. From the entry grapevine
• Ceroc is really energetic and quite graceful – I had my share of whirls and twirls with one or two dips thrown in!2010, Lynne Scott, Shadows of the Dance, →ISBN, page 211. From the entry ceroc
• Not only will she only wear dresses and nightgowns, but she rates them on their “twirlability” and won’t wear the ones that don’t twirl enough.1999, Melissa B., quotee, The Parent Soup A-to-Z Guide to Your Toddler […], Lincolnwood, Ill.: Contemporary Books, →ISBN, page 75. From the entry twirlability
• The men and boys practiced not only the technique of twirling the bullroarer, but also the mock attack staged upon the person twirling it.1980, Donald F. Tuzin, The Voice of the Tambaran: Truth and Illusion in Ilahita Arapesh Religion, page 61. From the entry bullroarer
• The falukah plunged over a waterfall and was almost submerged, was caught again in a maelstrom and went twirling on in the blackness.1914 November 14, Arthur Train, [Robert Williams Wood], “The Man Who Rocked the Earth”, in The Saturday Evening Post, volume 187, number…. From the entry maelstrom
• “Aside from the major surgeries, and this Karen woman, all the roles that keep the programme going are filled by Dorley graduates.” She twirls a finger in the air.2024, Alyson Greaves, Welcome to Dorley Hall. From the entry femme
• When she’d picked through the bun, lettuce, burger, and tomato (tossing the pickle), she twirled behind the counter to the tiny cubic offices behind, and found the restauranteuse.2011, Stuart F. Taylor, Tales from Pareidolia, published 2012, →ISBN, page 161. From the entry restauranteuse
• The same ones, Henry noticed, that he'd been planning to send, with the peg-legged pirate twirling his cutlass and looking like he was about to leap out at you.2010, Francesca Simon, Bank Robber, →ISBN, page 83. From the entry peg-legged
• As she twirled around in front of the mirror admiring how the dress showed off her thick booty, she felt like a princess in a children's storybook.2007, James T. Knight, Queen of the Hustle. From the entry thick
• Willington had seen disco for what it was – the great Muzaking of rock and roll via a chintzy chorus, chintzy rotating mirror balls, and chintzy Arthur Murray twirling.1984, Peter LaSalle, chapter 13, in Strange Sunlight: […], Austin, Tex.: Texas Monthly Press, →ISBN, page 115. From the entry chintzy
• He made an uncertain halt, a débonnaire figure, twirling his folded pince-nez by its silken lanyard, well-pleased with himself and indifferent if all the world knew it.1923–1924, Louis Joseph Vance, The Road to En-Dor: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: E. P. Dutton & Company, […], published September 1925, page 392. From the entry débonnaire
• Maybe, occasionally one will give me a quick twirl that will give me a moment of joy, but for the most part, I would just assume sit the dance out.2021, D. S. England, I'm Just A Girl. From the entry just assume

Meaning of twirl

1. noun A movement where a person spins round elegantly; a pirouette.
2. noun Any rotating movement; a spin.
3. noun A little twist of some substance; a swirl.

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Questions about twirl in a sentence

How do you use twirl in a sentence?

Twirl is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The conductor gave his baton a twirl, and the orchestra began to play.”

What is a short sentence with twirl?

“She twirled around, her eyes blazing.”

What does twirl mean?

Twirl means a movement where a person spins round elegantly; a pirouette.