pirouette
Example Sentences
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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
Since his return Wharton has produced a number of eye-catching performances and it is common to see edits of his best moments - such as a pirouette against Fulham - on social media.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2025
A jeté flashes in silhouette, a pirouette vanishes like a whisper.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 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
Every turn, sweep, and pirouette channels the elements—a dip births a bolt of lightning arcing down from the sky.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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