Synonym: pivot, reel, rotate, swirl, turn, twirl, twist, wheel. Similar words: spine, pin, pink, spit, pine, spill, spite, damping. Meaning: [spɪn] n. 1. a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile) 2. the act of rotating rapidly 3. a short drive in a car 4. rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral 5. a distinctive interpretation (especially as used by politicians to sway public opinion). v. 1. revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis 2. stream in jets, of liquids 3. cause to spin 4. make up a story 5. form a web by making a thread 6. work natural fibers into a thread 7. twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation 8. prolong or extend.
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(61) News of the director's resignation sent/threw the management into a spin.
(62) I hit something on the road, which sent the car into a spin.
(63) The public is sick of spin and tired of promises. It's time for politicians to act.
(64) Set on a cool wash and finish with a short spin.
(65) And the newcomers provide a willing hand for jobs others may spin.
(66) When I found that all my money had been stolen, I went into a flat spin.
(67) The company is trying to spin off part of its business.
(68) Michelle will also spin a customer's wool fleece to specification at a cost of $2.25 an ounce.
(69) Rupert took me for a spin in his new car.
(70) He used to spin yarns about his time in the Army.
(71) The latest discs, used for small portable computers, spin 3600 times a minute.
(72) The chairman tried to put a positive spin on the closure of the factory.
(73) This is a consequence of electron spin.
(74) The tundras will drag you into a spin.
(75) I pushed the left pedal to stop the spin.
(75) Sentencedict.com try its best to collect and make good sentences.
(76) I could feel my head begin to spin.
(77) Hold, nudge, spin, kick, shuffle, double, win, lose.
(78) Then the ball would drop quickly and spin away.
(79) She liked to spin yarn, sing, and dance.
(80) He was stumped for the second time in the match against the left-arm spin of Hettiarachchi.
(81) Tenneco plans to spin off its shipbuilding unit by issuing separately traded shares in a new shipbuilding company to Tenneco shareholders.
(82) She had never soloed, but when she finished, she took the Canuck up for a trial spin.
(83) If the spin stops when the full opposite rudder is applied, the stick must be moved forwards to allow normal flight.
(84) The axial spin of the more massive body M tends to carry the tide ahead of the orbital motion.
(85) The large 1-s spin period is close to its equilibrium value, suggesting Eddington-limited accretion at some time in the near past.
(86) They simply spin a silken sling to attach themselves to a twig.
(87) Imagine trying to wire a plug while sitting in a washing machine, on its final spin cycle.
(88) Spin out also occurs after landing badly from a jump.
(89) Celestine had met Stafford in a chemistry department seminar dealing with spin labeling.
(90) For example, each side of the card may contain an embedded electron whose spin remains correlated with its twin.
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