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Pirouetting

Pirouette \Pir`ou*ette"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pirouetted; p. pr. & vb. n. Pirouetting.] [F. pirouetter.] To perform a pirouette; to whirl, like a dancer.

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pirouetting

n. The act of turning a pirouette. vb. (present participle of pirouette English)

Usage examples of "pirouetting".

Leaping and pirouetting in delight, Lassie greeted her mistress when they got back to Valhalla.

All her life she would associate their sweet smell with relief that she wasn't hurt and even greater relief when she opened the cat basket, and Lassie jumped out, pirouetting in glee, raking her mistress's legs with her striped paws.

They fell one by one as Valentine danced among them, pirouetting with deadly grace in the midst of death.

Hazel turned back to fire at Random, and Ruby stepped quickly in, pirouetting neatly on one foot to kick the gun out of Hazel's hand.

She hefted it up, pirouetting gracefully on tiptoe to return it to the special shelf in the case behind her.

Nick, hearing her name, stopped her pirouetting to favor them all with an angelic smile that didn't fool them for one second.

As its size decreases, it spins more and more rapidly, like a pirouetting ice skater bringing in her arms.

The drums throbbed like heartbeats, the lyres sang, and she slipped the veil loose to fall about her shoulders like a cloak, pirouetting, turning and turning like a dervish, closer and closer to Herod.

Two naked girls danced to music only they could hear, their beautiful bodies twirling and pirouetting, tossing their heavy black hair and laughing in delight.