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Example sentences for "swivelled"

Lexicographically close words:
swither; swithering; swivel; swiveled; swiveling; swivelling; swivels; swizzle; swole; swollen
  1. Then his little black eyes swivelled to the last piece of potato on my plate--the piece he'd spared in previous raids.

  2. His beady eyes swivelled up to mine, then quickly away.

  3. Just as he reached the street and turned toward the part of the city where Manning lived, he swivelled about sharply as he heard the splat, splat of running feet coming up behind him.

  4. The animal swivelled about while in the air and landed its heavy feet on the prone body.

  5. As though he had eyes in the back of his head and had seen them coming, Hanlon swivelled toward them, his lips thinned in a fighting grin, while several of the cafe attendants were running up.

  6. Both the vice and the supplemental table are capable of being swivelled when in position on the machine.

  7. A similar chuck mounted upon a circular base so that it may be swivelled without moving the base on the work table is shown in Fig.

  8. Bental Brothers, the tool being held in a swivelled tool post, so that it may be used as a right or left-hand tool.

  9. The cutter spindle is carried on a frame, pivoted to the sliding piece on the vertical slide, so that it may be swivelled to set in either the vertical or horizontal position.

  10. Philander swivelled about, surprise on his face.

  11. He grabbed at the cadet's arms, but Hanlon swivelled away, then stepped back in and struck at the officer.

  12. One end of the swivelled pipe is provided with a delivery nozzle, the other end is closed and counter-weighted, so that normally the open end of the pipe is raised above the level of the water in the tank.

  13. The "Signal-Arm" generating apparatus made by this firm comprises a bell gasholder A, from the tank B of which water is supplied through a swivelled pipe C to a generating chamber D.

  14. A tappet E on the bell of the gasholder comes into contact with, and depresses, the open end of the swivelled pipe when the bell falls below a certain point.

  15. As soon as the open end of the swivelled pipe has thus been lowered below the level of the water in the tank, water flows through it into the funnel-shaped mouth F of a pipe leading to the bottom of the generating chamber.

  16. James Rainer swivelled round in his chair to take the sherry glass from the waiter.

  17. He swivelled slowly round the circle, then looked up at the First-Lieutenant.

  18. The mould is swivelled round, and the charge pushed into it with a rammer, and it is then swivelled back into position.


  19. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "swivelled" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.