ROTATE in a Sentence

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For ROTATE, below is one of 11 sentences:
It was during the more pleasant weather, that in due rotation with the other seamen my first mast-head came round.

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 Meanings and Examples of ROTATE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
rotate
 v.  plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; swirl; revolve; turn on or around an axis or a center
Classic Sentence:
1  They now seemed to rotate on one spot.
War and Peace 6 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 16: CHAPTER I
2  It was during the more pleasant weather, that in due rotation with the other seamen my first mast-head came round.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 35. The Mast-Head.
Example Sentence:
1  It is best to allow the rotor to rotate freely.
2  The blades rotate around a central point.
3  Stay well away from the helicopter when its blades start to rotate.
4  We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil.
5  In physics, a torque is a vector that measures the tendency of a force to rotate an object about some axis.
6  A center of actual rotation as well as rotational symmetry may be called gyration center.
7  The rotation of the dancer kept time with the music.
8  Crop rotation helps prevent soil erosion.
9  The concept of long term rotational antibiotics for acne is outdated and this practice should be avoided.