SPIN in a Sentence
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48 example sentences for SPIN, such as:
1. The plane was spinning out of control.
2. The spinning wheel was a Chinese invention.
3. The room and all round seemed to spin round.
4. A man can not spin and reel at the same time.
5. Let's spin the coin to decide whether to go or not.
2. The spinning wheel was a Chinese invention.
3. The room and all round seemed to spin round.
4. A man can not spin and reel at the same time.
5. Let's spin the coin to decide whether to go or not.
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Meanings and Examples of SPIN
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spin
n. the act of rotating rapidly
v. work natural fibers into a thread
Classic Sentence: (31 in 3 pages)
1 We laid there all day, and watched the rafts and steamboats spin down the Missouri shore, and up-bound steamboats fight the big river in the middle.
2 Her stepmother sent her out every day to sit by the well in the high road, there to spin until she made her fingers bleed.
3 So she sat down and tried to spin; but the threads cut her tender fingers till the blood ran.
4 I had arranged to go for a spin on the bike with some fellows out by Malahide.
5 The room and all round seemed to spin round.
6 Maids, servants of Ulysses who has so long been absent, go to the queen inside the house; sit with her and amuse her, or spin, and pick wool.
7 On the voyage, I shall endeavour,' said Mr. Micawber, 'occasionally to spin them a yarn; and the melody of my son Wilkins will, I trust, be acceptable at the galley-fire.
8 Bewildered and stunned by this blow, Jefferson Hope felt his head spin round, and had to lean upon his rifle to save himself from falling.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
9 But now, as he stood outside the church, and saw Mattie spinning down the floor with Denis Eady, a throng of disregarded hints and menaces wove their cloud about his brain.
10 For Ashley was born of a line of men who used their leisure for thinking, not doing, for spinning brightly colored dreams that had in them no touch of reality.
11 The brandy was spinning in her head now and she felt giddy and a little reckless.
12 But even as she spoke it, a sudden calm fell on her spirit, her head began to stop spinning and even the giddiness of the brandy was lessened.
13 Ashley was hardly ever in her thoughts during the day but at night when she was tired from dancing or her head was spinning from too much champagne--then she thought of Ashley.
14 Now, by reason of this timely spinning round the boat upon its axis, its bow, by anticipation, was made to face the whale's head while yet under water.
15 But I reckon it was more than a cat-nap, for when I waked up the stars was shining bright, the fog was all gone, and I was spinning down a big bend stern first.
Example Sentence: (17 in 2 pages)
1 A man can not spin and reel at the same time.
2 They would spin and weave cloth, cook and attend to the domestic side of life.
3 The Government will try to spin out the conference into next autumn.
4 She's in a spin over the arrangements for the party.
5 On the descents, cyclists spin past cars, freewheeling downhill at tremendous speed.
6 They have tried to put a positive spin on the situation.
7 Let's spin the coin to decide whether to go or not.
8 Well, the secretary of state's trip to Canada is putting a brand new spin on the term diplomatic relations.
9 We laid there all day, and watched the rafts and steamboats spin down the Missouri shore.
10 Do they not understand that the spin cycle is an important part of the washing machine?
11 The spinning wheel was a Chinese invention.
12 The plane was spinning out of control.
13 The impact of the blow sent me spinning like a top.
14 He saw the weathervane spinning madly in the powerful breeze.
15 Pete has succeeded in smashing fashion in spinning up North American Aviation into a major client.