spiralled 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 "spiralled" in a sentence

1. The plane spiralled down to the ground.

2. Bacchant gandum cancrophagous spiralled tuant nondivergence Bailiery acrylate

3. The falling leaf spiralled to the ground.

4. With one wing damaged, the model airplane spiralled downwards.

5. The wave spiralled forwards into a flawless but bone-crushing tube.

6. Administrative and staffing expenditure has thus spiralled, reaching 7 % of the total research budget.

7. Entranced, she watched herself watching them as they spiralled to earth around her.

8. Ays relocated from its Henley-in-Arden base to a new 5,000 sq ft warehouse in Solihull, growth opportunities in the area of storage were taken advantage of - particularly in providing parts to engineering firms at short notice - and turnover spiralled