Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: revolving
IPA transcription: [ɹiv'ɑlvɪŋ]
Pronunciations of revolving
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Usage examples
  • Jim saw the revolving arms descend within a foot of his head.
  • If that huge revolving pillar sloped down, it would involve us in its whirling eddies.
  • Two spheres revolving round each other can only remain spherical if rigid; if at all plastic they become prolate.
  • The wheels were revolving, a stream of violet light, leaping out of the central tunnel, cast a lurid illumination upon the scene.
  • "My dear," said Jenkins, revolving the news, and speaking as well as his chest would allow him, "it must have been a trick played him by the young college gentlemen.
  • It gave him little surprise, however; for he had been revolving in his mind a change of life, and thought and hoped he saw his new-born resolutions carried out in this.
  • As the priests rallied for a desperate resistance, Cain hurled his great body through the air, landing squarely upon the shoulders of the priest nearest the revolving arms, and knocking him flat.
  • If Tom shut off all power, coasted for a moment, and then, ere the propeller had ceased revolving, if he could start the motor on the spark, the silent cylinders might pick up, with the others, and begin again.
  • The blue cloth frock of semi-military cut--the forage cap--the belt sustaining a bowie-knife, with a brace of revolving pistols--all have been mentioned before as enveloping and equipping the person of Captain Cassius Calhoun.
  • (When a tornado watch is announced during the approach of a hurricane, however, keep watching the sky to the east.) If you see any revolving, funnel-shaped clouds, report them by telephone immediately to your local police department, sheriff's office or Weather Bureau office.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Archibald MacLeish, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Russell's teapot, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording The Aleph (short story), License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Storm botnet, License CC BY-SA 4.0