spiral
Example Sentences
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A single definition sends her into a spiral over such terms as “average coral” and “sea pink,” while elsewhere imaginative riffs and historical detours pull the reader well beyond the book’s central thread.
Technology has been the alleged culprit behind everything from spiraling anxiety to vanishing attention spans to social isolation.
The reported talks halted the “dangerous escalation spiral of hitting energy assets around the Gulf,” they noted.
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The reported talks halted the “dangerous escalation spiral of hitting energy assets around the Gulf,” they noted.
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Late in the film, things are at their darkest: a friendship has been torn apart, and the band is spiraling down the drain.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.