How to Use pinwheel in a Sentence

pinwheel

1 of 2 noun
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  • Dad showed me how to make pinwheels of flank steak, which would then be broiled.
    — Caron Golden, sandiegouniontribune.com, 12 Mar. 2018
  • This handheld spiky pinwheel can be used all over the body.
    — Jamie J. Leclaire, SELF, 30 Sep. 2020
  • The muffled shuffling of feet as the crowd pinwheels around the casket.
    — Chad Pergram, Fox News, 28 Aug. 2018
  • Make the bases look like a giant orange-and-white pinwheel.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 29 Oct. 2021
  • Nutella pinwheels, quick slice-and-bake sandies, and more—all from the same cookie dough.
    — Claire Saffitz, Bon Appetit, 12 Dec. 2017
  • Once the stacks are rolled up into logs, the pinwheels are cut and placed in a dish lined with San Marzano tomato sauce.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The cheese and nuts are rolled into a pinwheel cake that’s steamed and seared before service.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Threaded throughout the scene are light pink spirals that look like pinwheels twirling in the wind.
    — Julia Musto, Fox News, 8 July 2023
  • Outer bands: These are bands that spiral out of the storm like a pinwheel with water on it.
    — Judson Jones, CNN, 7 Sep. 2017
  • Click the pinwheel next to edit profile on your profile page.
    — Eileen Reslen, Seventeen, 25 Apr. 2018
  • At the time, rescue crews tried to explain how a person can turn into a pinwheel.
    — Fox News, 28 Nov. 2019
  • Its unique pinwheel design slices and dices to your heart's (and tastebuds') desire.
    — Bianca Rodriguez, Good Housekeeping, 6 July 2022
  • The color palette isn’t too far off from the spinning pinwheel that can appear on Mac screens.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2023
  • The 188 Elixir takes the gin and tonic to a place where a single giant ice cube is frozen with tonic water and a pinwheel of star anise.
    — Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 28 Nov. 2019
  • The pinwheels come swimming in a creamy, warmly spiced tomato gravy thickened with cashew and heavy cream.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2023
  • The stars are spread out into a pinwheel shape with the majority of them clustered around a black hole that resides in the core.
    — Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 8 Sep. 2023
  • This recipe calls for one sheet of pastry, so keep the other one from the package in the freezer or use it to make sweet or savory pinwheels.
    — Kim Sunée, Alaska Dispatch News, 21 July 2016
  • The City edition version hoodie from Nike features a cream color base with a large pinwheel on the chest.
    — Tim Brown, oregonlive, 3 Dec. 2019
  • Like the plastic blades curled around a pinwheel axle, four separate wings fan off from a central great room.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 22 Aug. 2023
  • What sounds better when settling in to watch hours of Super Bowl football than a steak pinwheel?
    — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 9 Feb. 2023
  • The ground floor features the father’s cooking space, complete with a glowing fireplace and a bevy of pinwheels.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The star system, which looks like a cosmic pinwheel, is located 8,000 light-years from Earth.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 12 Oct. 2020
  • In the years since, the pinwheels have continued to fascinate, beguile and confound us.
    — Peter Tuthill, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The pinwheel also wasn't the result of one artist's vision; it was painted over and retouched several times, the study found.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN, 23 Nov. 2020
  • The whole plate cooks relatively quickly once it’s put into the oven, and each pinwheel gets a crispy top from being baked.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Ham pinwheels are a perfect appetizer that can be made a day ahead.
    — Judy Buchenot, Naperville Sun, 9 Jan. 2018
  • Because an art installation of 7,000 yellow pinwheels spread over two and a half acres of Prospect Park.
    — The Editors, Daily Intelligencer, 10 Dec. 2017
  • Contrary to popular myth, owls can’t spin their heads in a full circle like a feathered pinwheel.
    — René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 1 Dec. 2020
  • The bird then triggers an electric fan that blows a pinwheel, activating a motor that drives a boot.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 8 Oct. 2019
  • Acanthus leaves fluttered up the balustrade in tight pinwheels, curling around seed pods glistening with ripe fruit.
    — Sarah Medford, WSJ, 24 Feb. 2020
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pinwheel

2 of 2 verb
  • Raw and wintry Sunday moisture will continue to pinwheel down from the north and bring more clouds and the chance for a few snow showers.
    — David Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Mar. 2018
  • There’s a nice scene in which Terry and Bob give chase, their dark bodies popping against the background, Mr. Skarsgard’s long limbs pinwheeling.
    — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2017
  • Lobes of cold air are pinwheeling around a central point in the vortex, located over Hudson Bay.
    — Angela Fritz, Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2018
  • Dixon would spin and hit the top of the wall on his side, burst momentarily into flames, then pinwheel down the track with his car splintering around him before coming to a stop.
    — Elton Alexander, cleveland.com, 29 May 2017
  • The principal living spaces pinwheel and stretch away, as if to reach into the surrounding landscape.
    — Steven Litt, cleveland.com, 18 June 2017
  • Rooms pinwheel off this central opening, each one timbered, clad, coffered or paneled in some local wood and detailed with the meticulous craft of a Japanese tea house, a far cry from modernism’s utilitarian open plan.
    — Julie V. Iovine, WSJ, 4 July 2017
  • However, one of the director's signature visuals, involving lines and images pinwheeling with a whooshing sound, can't help but evoke commercial advertisements in which some substance returns to a bottle.
    — Alissa Simon, chicagotribune.com, 10 Aug. 2017
  • Raw and wintry Sunday moisture will continue to pinwheel down from the north and bring more clouds and the chance for a few snow showers.
    — David Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Mar. 2018
  • There’s a nice scene in which Terry and Bob give chase, their dark bodies popping against the background, Mr. Skarsgard’s long limbs pinwheeling.
    — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2017
  • Lobes of cold air are pinwheeling around a central point in the vortex, located over Hudson Bay.
    — Angela Fritz, Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2018
  • Dixon would spin and hit the top of the wall on his side, burst momentarily into flames, then pinwheel down the track with his car splintering around him before coming to a stop.
    — Elton Alexander, cleveland.com, 29 May 2017
  • The principal living spaces pinwheel and stretch away, as if to reach into the surrounding landscape.
    — Steven Litt, cleveland.com, 18 June 2017
  • Rooms pinwheel off this central opening, each one timbered, clad, coffered or paneled in some local wood and detailed with the meticulous craft of a Japanese tea house, a far cry from modernism’s utilitarian open plan.
    — Julie V. Iovine, WSJ, 4 July 2017
  • However, one of the director's signature visuals, involving lines and images pinwheeling with a whooshing sound, can't help but evoke commercial advertisements in which some substance returns to a bottle.
    — Alissa Simon, chicagotribune.com, 10 Aug. 2017

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