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  • present participle of spin.
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spinning

[spin-ing] / ˈspɪn ɪŋ /




ADJECTIVE
whirling
Synonyms


ADJECTIVE
whirling
Synonyms


Example Sentences

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Spinning heads aside, the influence of the body-horror aspects of William Friedkin’s 1973 film can be found in much of what Ms. Davies includes in her survey.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Spinning discs around baby stars do the same: they make spiral structures because of gravity.

From Space Scoop • Oct. 24, 2025

Spinning Around, released in 2000, was a textbook comeback single, and she followed it up with the hypnotically cool Can't Get You Out Of My Head - still the biggest-selling single of her career.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2024

Spinning electronic fibres results in devices that are imperceptible to the user, but without a high degree of sensitivity or sophistication, and they're difficult to transfer onto the object in question.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2024

Spinning like a corkscrew, he plunged into the water.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan




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