spiraled in English

verb

1

move in a spiral course.

a wisp of smoke spiraled up from the trees

synonyms: coil, wind, swirl, twist, wreathe, snake, gyrate, gyre

2

show a continuous and dramatic increase.

inflation continued to spiral

synonyms: soar, shoot up, rocket, increase rapidly, rise rapidly, escalate, climb, skyrocket, go through the roof

verb

coil, wind, swirl, twist, wreathe, snake, gyrate, gyre
soar, shoot up, rocket, increase rapidly, rise rapidly, escalate, climb, skyrocket, go through the roof
deteriorate, decline, degenerate, worsen, get worse, go downhill, take a nosedive, go to pot, go to the dogs, hit the skids, go down the tubes
gyrate, coil
corkscrew

Use "spiraled" in a sentence

1. Crime has spiraled out of control .

2. Vines spiraled upward toward the roof.

3. I spiraled deeper and deeper into a depression.

4. Addax definition, a large, pale-colored antelope, Addax nasomaculatus, of North Africa, with loosely spiraled horns

5. Curfew on its entertainment district beginning Saturday and continuing for the next three days after spring break parties spiraled out …

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7. Consequently, that child may be studying with a teacher who has given only a cursory glance at these spiraled curriculum guides.

8. The interview soon spiraled into a 10-minute debate about Breading and frying chicken, which made me realize that there's got to be a simpler, zero-mess way

9. The Zulu people of southern Africa originated Bantu knots, a hairstyle where the hair is sectioned off, twisted, and wrapped in a such a way that the hair stacks upon itself to form a spiraled knot