spiral

[ˈspaɪrəl]

Definition:
1. A shape or design, consisting of a continuous curved line that winds around a central point, with each curve further away from the centre.
2. A continuous harmful increase or decrease in something, that gradually gets faster and faster.

spiral Image.

Use 'spiral' in a sentence:

1. The plane spiralled down to the ground.
2. Another question remains: what prevents the planet from continuing its spiral until it collides with the star?
3. Can Nagasaki pull out of the spiral?
4. I'm not concerned that we're in a competitive spiral—Coles has had to do what Coles has done, which is to regain price trust.
5. The divorce rate is spiralling upwards.
6. The motorcade spiralled up the mountain.
7. A joss stick spiralled smoke.
8. Analysis of Spiral Water Wall Tube in Once Through Boiler.
9. The orange stripes go through the green spiral but not the blue one.
10. Other types of millipedes may curl into a looser, sloppier spiral or form a neat ball.
11. Most spiral-shaped snail species are predominantly dextral.
12. The stairs spiralled round the central pillar.
13. A downward spiral had began.
14. The charged particles move in spiral paths.
15. The curliest of all perms is a spiral perm.
16. The smoke spiralled up.
17. The production in this factory is spiral.
18. The result is a downward spiral.
19. We mustn't get trapped in a downward spiral.
20. The sluggish cream wound curdling spirals through her tea.
21. In this case, the orbit of the rotating asteroid will very slowly spiral toward the sun.
22. It's a positive spiral.
23. Prices are spiralling out of control.
24. A new apparatus for internal welding of spiral pipes Internal Control.
25. The term Land Art brings to mind epic interventions in the land such as Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty.
26. Concrete mixing and unloading mainly depend on the two spiral mixing leaves, so the design of the helical mixing blades is particularly important.
27. A snails shell is spiral in form.
28. The hickory spiral borer kills many seedlings and young trees, and the pecan carpenterworm degrades both trees and logs.
29. He recruited some of the workers to start making spiral bulbs for TCP.
30. Their profits began to spiral down disastrously.
31. We need to stop this downward spiral.
32. This spinning motion, at speeds of hundreds of kilometers per second, may cause matter in the disk to take on a spiral shape.
33. A hopeless gambler whose passion for the game greatly exceeds his ability to win, Alexy finds himself spiralling out of control.
34. As the mountain path spirals up, the beauty of the scene fills one with enchantment.
35. Each of the spirals of light resolved into points.
36. Discussion once again on the improvement method of cylindrical spiral spring design.
37. The spiral of terrorism becomes never-ending.
38. A death spiral had begun.
39. This can lead us on a downward spiral with more and more plants and animals becoming endangered as well.
40. The disk exerts its own gravitational tug, and this interplay of forces robs the planet of momentum in its orbital path, forcing it to spiral in toward the star.
41. This line of reasoning underlies an exciting new theory of spiral-galaxy structure.
42. If many such chains were created in a differentially rotating galaxy, the distribution of stars would resemble the observed distribution in a spiral galaxy.
43. A negative spiral ( or vicious cycle) occurs when the spiraling has an increasingly disintegrative effect.
44. Monetary inflation spirals inexorably on.
45. The process is not a circle but rather a spiral.
46. She was trapped in a downward spiral of personal unhappiness.
47. The 2022 Olympic torch spirals upward to resemble two overlapping rising flames, with the outer one plated in silver to produce a striking contrast.
48. Probe into the value of the spiral CT 3-dimensional image reconstruction used in the diagnosis of the complicated membrum minor articulus trauma.
49. Production costs began to spiral.
50. House prices will continue to spiral downwards.
51. The birds circled in a slow spiral above the house.
52. These spiral vessels are part of a banana plant stem.
53. Our economy is in an inflationary spiral of wage and price increases.
54. A snail's shell is spiral in form.