If you're a pretender, come sit by my fire For we have some flax-golden tales to spin. Come in! Come in!. From LearnThat.org. [Shel Silverstein (1932-1999)]
Spiders spin a fine web. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
spin a yarn. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
spin silk. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
spin a coin. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
spin out a visit. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The campaign put a favorable spin on the story. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The President's spokesmen had to spin the story to make it less embarrassing. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
He took the new car for a spin. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
In public relations, the term spin generally "signifies a heavily biased portrayal.". From Wordnik.com. [Forbes.com: News] Reference
We're getting a lot of what we call spin in the atmosphere. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 30, 2005] Reference
Are we so numb to the truth, that we call it "spin" when we hear it. From Wordnik.com. [Obama: I have a problem courting seniors] Reference
One of the preferred means we use to shut the world out is what we call spin. From Wordnik.com. [Egonomics] Reference
BOB FRANKEN, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, this is what we call spin, Leon. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 1, 2002] Reference
This spin is outrageous, and it's our job to push back. From Wordnik.com. [Liz Butler: How big polluters bought the 2010 election] Reference
First step in projects and spin is to select scapegoat. From Wordnik.com. [The non-apology apology « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog] Reference
Honestly, CNN, your spin is beginning to reveal itself. From Wordnik.com. [Polls: Race tightening in North Carolina] Reference
Perhaps good spin is an oxymoron, moral if not linguistic. From Wordnik.com. [More on John Lewis' defection to Obama] Reference
But then again, fact distortion and spin is the norm at TP. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Legal Advocate For Torture Being Considered For Top Judicial Post] Reference
LOL@YOU spin spin dip dip dive dive, twist your little mind. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » More Americans have a ‘favorable’ opinion of the IRS than of the Tea Party.] Reference
USATODAY. com - Sports world gives Congress a lesson in spin. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Sports world gives Congress a lesson in spin] Reference
(No amount of right-wing spin is going to change that fact.). From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » VIDEO: Snow Lashes Out at Media, Suggests NYT Has Undermined Americans’ ‘Right to Live’] Reference
We also see a number of long-term spin offs for this project. From Wordnik.com. [Address by the Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, at Education Trust Fundraising Dinner] Reference
I don't think the word spin means what Obama thinks it means. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Defends Axelrod's Comments About Bhutto Assassination And Hillary's Iraq Vote] Reference
Denial and spin is the only thing Republicans are capable of. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Global Warming Skeptics Engage In Denial And Spin Over New Academy Report; Gore Responds] Reference
That a few people have fallen for the spin is to be expected. From Wordnik.com. [Finger Lakes Riesling. Long Island Chaos.] Reference
Political spin is one thing, but these are just flat-out lies. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Using Double Standard, Conservatives Absolve Bush For ‘Domestic Attacks’ On His Watch] Reference
You are wrong and no amount of spin is going to make you right. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Pete Sessions Agrees That ‘Deem And Pass’ Is Legitimate] Reference
"He never once used the word spin," Goodale told Postmedia News. From Wordnik.com. [canada.com Top Stories] Reference
While highly coincidental on the name spin - it is not the case. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Second Life Talk Blogs] Reference
This Triad organisation was in spin underneath Chi Kung Tong group. From Wordnik.com. [Batin Itam: The Li Blood Line] Reference
I think this segregation between truth and spin is about to be broken. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-11-04] Reference
HoopLABerlin spin it out at the Karneval der Kulturen in Berlin, Germany. From Wordnik.com. [Hooping.org | Blog | HoopLABerlin: Karneval der Kulturen] Reference
So talking about the Tiptree Award, giving it spin, is one thing that helps. From Wordnik.com. [MIND MELD: Is There Gender Imbalance in Genre Fiction Publishing?] Reference
Tell you what the spin is its the 2500 military death coming up today its spin. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Conservatives Hype ‘Danger,’ ‘Risks’ of Bush Trip, Claim He’s Getting ‘In the Face’ of Iraqi Terrorists] Reference
But good spin is clever and forward-leaning pitches of actual realities, facts. From Wordnik.com. [More on John Lewis' defection to Obama] Reference
Please note, I am not saying your spin is incorrect, just a "so what?" side issue. From Wordnik.com. [A Prediction About Evolution] Reference
It's all variations of the original adage, but the spin is what makes it compelling. From Wordnik.com. [Bestselling author Kat Richardson tells all to Sci Fi Bookshelf] Reference
The detailed physics of rotating polyatomic molecules with spin is extremely complex. From Wordnik.com. [Richard E. Smalley - Autobiography] Reference
Waltrip's car struggled to turn on the high-banked track, but he called the spin "my fault.". From Wordnik.com. [daytondailynews.com - News] Reference
BROWNSTEIN: Well, clearly, you know, without the pejorative spin, just as a statement of fact. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 10, 2003] Reference
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