How to Use rotate in a Sentence

rotate

verb
  • The planets rotate around the sun.
  • The staff rotates the weekend shift.
  • As the gear rotates, it turns the other gears.
  • You should rotate your car's tires once a year.
  • The software allows you to rotate images.
  • We rotate—she does the dishes one week; I do them the next.
  • The Earth rotates on its axis.
  • Rotate the sheet of paper 90 degrees.
  • One was a rotating disc that sent out beams of light.
    — ABC News, 12 June 2026
  • Bend your elbow and rotate to the right.
    — Mallory Creveling, Health, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Tuck your chin, tilt your head side to side, and rotate your neck left to right.
    — Julia Ries Wexler, Health, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The menu rotates about twice a season.
    — Jenna Thompson march 27, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Press back up, then pivot your feet and rotate to the right.
    — Mallory Creveling, Health, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Each show will have three opening acts, who’ll rotate through the gigs.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Oct. 2025
  • If not, rotate your hand slightly.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
  • If not, slightly rotate your hands.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Its wind gusts were up to 60 mph and the storm was rotating.
    — John Tufts, IndyStar, 18 June 2026
  • When a car has its tires rotated, each wheel is removed and swapped around.
    — Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Scoop a small amount of hair close to the scalp, then rotate the pin 180°.
    — Glamour, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The seats rotate in elections every two years.
    — Lilly Kersh, Dallas Morning News, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Slowly rotate your upper body to one side.
    — Rikkilynn Shields Hannigan, Health, 24 June 2026
  • Pause, then slowly rotate back toward the floor.
    — Mallory Creveling, Health, 22 Oct. 2025
  • With a rotating wok at its center.
    — Erika Beras, NPR, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Wind shear makes a storm's updraft start rotating.
    — Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • These jets can begin to fan out as the nucleus of the comet rotates.
    — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Its job is to prevent your knee from bending or rotating too much.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 3 Feb. 2026
  • The rotating door of managers in Queens spins once again.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 27 June 2026
  • There also will be a gallery with a rotating lineup of artists.
    — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 11 Feb. 2026
  • These open tombs are rotated through so that no single one gets too much foot traffic.
    — Lilit Marcus, CNN, 16 May 2023
  • George will rotate once even though the length around the seed is negligible.
    — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 20 June 2023

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