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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of gyrate.

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Examples

  • In one decade, the oil price gyrated wildly - from a low of $8 a barrel in 1998 to a peak of $147 in 2008.

    Russia Gets Giant Boost from Rising Oil Prices 2011

  • The first time Elvis gyrated onstage, the crowd went wild.

    John W. Whitehead: Elvis Presley: Down Lonely Street at the Heartbreak Hotel John W. Whitehead 2011

  • Scantily clad, sweat-slicked bodies gyrated to the beats on the elevated dance floor.

    Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011

  • In one decade, the oil price gyrated wildly - from a low of $8 a barrel in 1998 to a peak of $147 in 2008.

    Russia Gets Giant Boost from Rising Oil Prices 2011

  • In the week ending March 16, as markets gyrated on news of the nuclear crisis, Japanese equity ETFs saw inflows of $785 million, according to EPFR Global.

    Overheard 2011

  • Alexis Krauss of the former, decked in a tight, red throwback jersey spasmed and gyrated across the stage as guitarist Derek Miller stood behind in solidarity.

    Alexander Adler: 362 Days Till Alexander Adler 2011

  • Alexis Krauss of the former, decked in a tight, red throwback jersey spasmed and gyrated across the stage as guitarist Derek Miller stood behind in solidarity.

    Alexander Adler: 362 Days Till Alexander Adler 2011

  • The political crisis in the Middle East and North Africa continued to hurt sentiment as oil prices gyrated.

    Germany Leads European Shares Lower Barbara Kollmeyer 2011

  • Alexis Krauss of the former, decked in a tight, red throwback jersey spasmed and gyrated across the stage as guitarist Derek Miller stood behind in solidarity.

    Alexander Adler: 362 Days Till Alexander Adler 2011

  • BP's stock gyrated similarly last year, buffeted by everything from bad weather to robotic snafus on the sea-bed, not to mention a steady drip-feed of comments from politicians and clean-up officials.

    BP's Parallel With Japan Crisis Liam Denning 2011

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