spin - use in sentences

Object

  • wheel: Wheel Of Fortune Get ready to spin that wheel!
  • flax: Annie Garnett learned to spin flax from another group of textile producers in the Lakes - the Langdale Linen Industry.
  • round: Twist to release from a grab spinning round 270 degrees anti-clockwise.

Converse of object

  • put: There is no putting a spin on the story.

Preposition: at

  • Druid: He pushed hard through Paddock, but spun at Druids, losing a lot of ground.

Modifies a noun

  • bowler: The 22 year old is a slow left arm spin bowler who it is hoped will add depth to next season's squad.
  • doctor: I will stop party political spin doctors issuing orders to civil servants.
  • axis: Each spin period is about 10 sec and within one file typically the spin axis changes by a few degrees.
  • bowling: Sam is a quality player who will add steel to our batting whist being very useful with his leg spin bowling.
  • dryer: Finally the club now possesses a spin dryer which extracts most of the water from wet kit.
  • drier: So onwards the work proceeded - moving washing machines, spin driers, dishwashers, freezers and fridges.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • around: Some of these giant worlds spin around their stars at great speed, often in highly elliptical orbits.

Preposition: of

  • electron: Spintronics Electronics that exploits the spin of an electron in some way, rather than just its charge.

Noun used with modifier

  • electron: However, electron spin is very familiar to us in another way -- it's at the heart of magnetism.

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