spinner
Example Sentences
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All-rounder Danielle Gibson, pace bowler Issy Wong and 18-year-old spinner Tilly Corteen-Coleman received deals in excess of £100,000 in the inaugural Hundred auction.
From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026
The G-Force Test Facility is a spinner that’s pitched as an astronaut training experience.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026
The West Indies took 17 off the first over, bowled by left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj.
From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026
Part-time spinner Rachin Ravindra found turn to put the game beyond Sri Lanka with a career-best 4-27.
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026
I brought the boat up to the stone pier and the barman pulled in the line, coiling it on the bottom of the boat and hooking the spinner on the edge of the gunwale.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.