swivel

For a guy who works from a swivel chair, I’m basically function-maxxing already.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Maddox Batson sits in a swivel chair in a West Hollywood recording studio on a recent evening, spinning idly as his mother and manager go over their plans for the next few days.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026

Behind her, an elegantly decorated living room can be seen, with a large L-shaped gray couch set up against one wall opposite two cozy-looking white swivel chairs.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 15, 2026

During injury hold-ups and TMO deliberations – and there were plenty – they could swivel into the stands to pick out a variety of famous faces.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2025

They look like canoes, and each has a TV mounted on a swivel arm.

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty

The Tiangong Omni swivels its torso wildly from side to side while waving its bent arms in front of its face.

From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026

As the hulking antenna swivels into action, screens inside the control room light up with the names of objects the radar system detects: stars, satellites and abandoned rocket bodies.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

There’s a light, power outlets including a USB-C port, a small mirror and a TV that swivels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026

Next to him, 67-year-old teacher and musician Alan Akaka swivels his desk chair from his computer screen to face Cortez with a pop quiz: “Have you been practicing with the music?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2024

He sat on the horse, turning his mind away, willing it away as a gun barrel swivels, and then he thought of his children, powerless to stop that vision.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

The shop quieted, chairs swiveled, and suddenly everyone was looking at me, at which point I said the one word I’ve never written in any of the last dozen or so Dodger preview columns.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2026

My pod was roomy, with solid seat padding and a large TV screen that swiveled.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

They then swiveled their wings forward to continue on their way.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2023

He swiveled idly in his seat as the magistrate, David Guaderama, read the charges on which he was convicted, and occasionally smiled or rolled his eyes as family members shared stories of grief and anger.

From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2023

Every neck in our classroom swiveled its head my way.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

Having so nearly been out of the tie, Dortmund were right back in it soon afterwards when substitute Sebastien Haller swivelled to crash the ball in at the near post.

From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2024

Northern Ireland threatened again just a few minutes before Finland opened the scoring when striker Charles swivelled and caught a volley well but it flew straight into the arms of the goalkeeper.

From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2023

But Vincent Kompany's hosts hit back immediately after the break as Lyle Foster swivelled and struck a calm finish for his first top-flight goal.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2023

Pedro played a one-two with Danilo Cataldi, gathered with his back to goal and swivelled to curl a magnificent shot into the top left corner.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 6, 2023

His ears twitched and then swivelled right around.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

Americans are swiveling their heads between Iran and Venezuela and wondering what the turmoil in these countries means for the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026

Across from her waterbed, she has a research library, complete with a swiveling ladder, full of fashion books.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2025

I looked like an owl, my head swiveling on my neck, trying to take it all in.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2024

What isn’t allowed is big-ticket items - “appliances, for example,” he said, swiveling to point at the refrigerators behind him.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 28, 2023

Boston ladies, their skirts all passe- mentarie and furbelow, India silk and jaconet, crowded the chambers, swiveling their hoops and panniers like dames on clocks to navigate the doors.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

The former model was visiting her native Australia from her home in the US when she spotted groups of people swivelling wooden hoops around their waists.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2025

Stina Blackstenius opened the scoring, controlling the ball on her chest and swivelling to finish.

From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2023

Arrizabalaga blocked Hause’s initial shot but the centre-back reacted smartly, swivelling at the edge of the six-yard box and shunting the ball over the line.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 21, 2020

A figure in head-to-toe metallic coverings braced one limb against the door frame, swivelling its helmeted head back and forth at us.

From Nature ● Jan. 28, 2020

The golden ship that had led him here was swivelling in the wind.

From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick