pirouette

When I made the tiny dancer in my music box turn pirouette after pirouette, I was captivated by more than just her pretty miniature tutu.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 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

That included 32-year-old journeyman centre-back Haydn Hollis' pirouette to lose two Spurs players - a decision which could have gifted the visitors a chance had it gone wrong.

From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2025

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

The rest of the horses pirouette, turning circles on the spot.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

"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

Watching Zsa-zsa do his verbal pirouettes, I thought fondly of a former boyfriend, an indie film producer, who helped me buy a new car and talked the price down $3,000.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2025

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

My heart was doing pirouettes in my chest.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

“What is dancing?” he asked jurors as he pranced and pirouetted across the room.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2025

Finally Tele'a, forced back into the fray on 66 minutes by an injury to Beauden Barrett having been replaced, pirouetted through Ford's tackle and held off Harry Randall to dot down.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2024

Rather than poignant goodbyes, Hearst opted for lively samba beats, leaving an indelible mark on the onlookers as she lithely pirouetted past guests carefree alongside one of Brazil’s most reputed Samba schools.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 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

Every time I tried to concentrate, my mind glided off, like a skater, into a large empty space, and pirouetted there, absently.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

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

As the song peaked, they were joined on stage by a blond mullet-haired ice skater, pirouetting in a somewhat limited space.

From BBC ● May 11, 2023

He amassed nearly 400 videos showing great apes and other primates engaged in spinning behaviors, including somersaulting, rolling down hills, backflipping and pirouetting.

From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2023

Pulling myself up a little taller, I began pirouetting to a waltz from Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake.”

From Washington Post ● Mar. 14, 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