Literary notes about GYRATE (AI summary)
The word "gyrate" is often employed to evoke a sense of revolving or circular motion, whether describing the graceful movements of dancers or the literal spinning of physical objects. In some texts it illustrates a spirited performance on stage or in social settings, as characters whirl about with energy [1, 2, 3]. In other works it captures the rhythmic rotation of natural elements or even the measured circulation of scientific phenomena [4, 5, 6]. Additionally, the term is sometimes used in a metaphorical manner to suggest the turning of abstract ideas or the dynamic shifts in conversation [7, 8, 9], showcasing its versatility in literary expression.
- He may yet serve the state with laudable devotion; he may yet enchant his millions; he may yet posture and gyrate before the world as a man of mark.
— from Prejudices, First Series by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken - As long as the lady seated on the chair in the centre pleases, the gentlemen are to gyrate round her.
— from The Italians: A Novel by Frances Minto Dickinson Elliot - He then took off his boots and his coat, and standing on his toes he commenced to gyrate with extraordinary rapidity.
— from The Crock of Gold by James Stephens - It could gyrate in a spiral, or spin on its axis in a rectilinear path like a rifled bullet.
— from Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885 by Various - Around the ovary and the uterus, the endocrines gyrate as the planets around the sun.
— from The Glands Regulating Personality
A Study of the Glands of Internal Secretion in Relation to the Types of Human Nature by Louis Berman - By Law the Planets gyrate in their orbits; by some approach to Law the street-cabs ply in their thoroughfares."
— from Fresh Fields by John Burroughs - In such manner did the current of her talk gyrate and turn corners.
— from Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.) by Arnold Bennett - Trust, confidence, reliance, assurance, faith. Turn, revolve, rotate, spin, whirl, gyrate.
— from The Century Vocabulary Builder by Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) Bachelor - Everything about him is involved in I know not what whirlpool of his ideas, and even his mistress must gyrate along with them.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by HonorĂ© de Balzac