pirouette

“A four-legged creature is hard to make look right because he has to stand up and do things,” he told The Times — athletic things, like performing a pirouette.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026

In Hover mode, the joystick provides fine-grained yaw control, allowing the BlackFly to execute its surreal pirouette.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025

Like a dainty ballerina, the world's biggest iceberg has just completed a perfect pirouette.

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2024

During so-called learning walks, the animals then explore the immediate surroundings around the nest entrance and repeatedly pirouette around their own body axis with short stops in between.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 13, 2024

Jimmy does a pirouette over the unaccompanied wild percussion that we’ve built up and lands on his knee: “How sweet it is!”

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini

"I had the time of my life there. It's not a stage-stage school, but of course there's kids doing pirouettes and going 'Aaaaaahhhhh!' in the hallways," Adele told BBC 4 radio in 2022.

From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026

Collins noticed her ballet pirouettes suffered during her luteal phase; Gomez saw women pushing through heated Pilates classes until they nearly passed out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2026

The virtuoso Roman Mejia is ever the dashing hero, topping off pirouettes and twisting leaps with poses of flexed arms and fists.

From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2024

For the next 30 minutes, the band are on fire, playing with purpose and swagger while Abigail pirouettes around the stage, dressed like Wednesday Addams playing a character from Bridgerton.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2023

But the Emperor’s friend covered himself with glory, for he danced everything, whether he knew it or not, and introduced impromptu pirouettes when the figures bewildered him.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

Despite their deficit on the field, Clermont were rewarded for their resolve on the stroke of half-time as Anthony Belleau pirouetted over the line with a neat finish.

From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2025

Trailing by a TD, Penix pirouetted out of a sure sack, scampered to the left sideline and heaved a missile that Culp somehow came down with over three Trojan defenders.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2023

On a recent afternoon, 18 members of Birmingham Royal Ballet spun, pirouetted and leaped across a rehearsal room, with all the grace and skill associated with classical dance.

From New York Times ● Sep. 25, 2023

Gilgeous-Alexander made three step-back three-pointers in the third quarter and, after the last, pirouetted toward one section of the lower bowl and smiled.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2021

Whereupon Amarante Cordova, shining in a triumphal light, pirouetted clumsily in the middle of the plaza area to acknowledge the attention and admiration of any other onlookers.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

She did it again on the very next possession, this time coming down from the top of the key, pirouetting into the paint and dropping in the easy two-footer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2025

The Hawick native picked her moment to pounce beautifully, pirouetting beyond a tackle and grounding.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2023

Feverishly pursued by a formidable gangster known only as the Maraboo, Jonas transforms into Barbara, a veritable bombshell with billowing bronze locks, pirouetting alongside Nelly in glittering jumpsuits for a spellbound crowd.

From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2023

Elsewhere in the country, ballets are also pirouetting up from the page.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2023

Ignatius picked up one of his elephantine desert boots and flung it at the pirouetting figure.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole