How to Use pinwheel in a Sentence

pinwheel

1 of 2 noun
  • Dad showed me how to make pinwheels of flank steak, which would then be broiled.
    — Caron Golden, sandiegouniontribune.com, 12 Mar. 2018
  • Nutella pinwheels, quick slice-and-bake sandies, and more—all from the same cookie dough.
    — Claire Saffitz, Bon Appetit, 12 Dec. 2017
  • Mikey Day took him under his wing during their pinwheel skit.
    — Ella Gonzales may 14, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2026
  • Click the pinwheel next to edit profile on your profile page.
    — Eileen Reslen, Seventeen, 25 Apr. 2018
  • The muffled shuffling of feet as the crowd pinwheels around the casket.
    — Chad Pergram, Fox News, 28 Aug. 2018
  • 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
  • Its unique pinwheel design slices and dices to your heart's (and tastebuds') desire.
    — Bianca Rodriguez, Good Housekeeping, 6 July 2022
  • At the time, rescue crews tried to explain how a person can turn into a pinwheel.
    — Fox News, 28 Nov. 2019
  • Ham pinwheels are a perfect appetizer that can be made a day ahead.
    — Judy Buchenot, Naperville Sun, 9 Jan. 2018
  • 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
  • Chicharrón reimagined into a crisp-soft pinwheel of pork belly.
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Keep cooked pinwheels warm in a 200°F oven, if necessary.
    — Holly Riordan, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Dab ends of tips of square of dough with egg white; fold every other tip over toward center, forming a pinwheel.
    — Anna Theoktisto, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Acanthus leaves fluttered up the balustrade in tight pinwheels, curling around seed pods glistening with ripe fruit.
    — Sarah Medford, WSJ, 24 Feb. 2020
  • 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 bird then triggers an electric fan that blows a pinwheel, activating a motor that drives a boot.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 8 Oct. 2019
  • Old-fashioned pinwheels get another sweet spin with a jammy filling.
    — Anna Theoktisto, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • These pinwheel-style cookies use a classic sugar dough, rolled around a layer of quick cranberry jam made with red wine.
    — Editors Of Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 Nov. 2025
  • 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
  • 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 toolkits, too, are filled with sensory items — including a pinwheel.
    — Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 10 June 2021
  • What sounds better when settling in to watch hours of Super Bowl football than a steak pinwheel?
    — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 9 Feb. 2023
  • At one point, the crowd posed with their blue pinwheels — a national symbol of child abuse prevention — for a photo.
    — Charlotte Observer, 1 Apr. 2026
  • In the years since, the pinwheels have continued to fascinate, beguile and confound us.
    — Peter Tuthill, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Another girl, who was holding a pinwheel, began jumping up and down, her beaded braids bouncing in the air.
    — The Courier-Journal, 27 July 2022
  • Forget about sonic devices, pinwheels or other scare tactics.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • 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

pinwheel

2 of 2 verb
  • Behind them was a coal black foal, who pinwheeled his legs under the water, swimming like a seal after his mother.
    — Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, 8 July 2019
  • 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
  • The principal living spaces pinwheel and stretch away, as if to reach into the surrounding landscape.
    — Steven Litt, cleveland.com, 18 June 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
  • Some upper-level energy may move through the region, pinwheeling from the New England storm.
    — Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2019
  • The result is a vertiginous nausea that sends me pinwheeling toward the bathroom, though the men still breathe at a decibel level loud enough to permeate its heavy chestnut door.
    — Barrett Swanson, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019
  • 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
  • Neo-Romantic melodies in the strings danced opposite pinwheeling exclamations in the woodwinds, and sharp ice replaced all the usual subtle sweetness of Elizabeth Rowe’s flute.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Oct. 2019
  • 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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