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“Spiraled” or “Spiralled”

Language

Spiraled and spiralled are both English terms.

Usage

Spiraled is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US) while spiralled is predominantly used in 🇬🇧 British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

In terms of actual appearance and usage, here's a breakdown by country, with usage level out of 100 (if available) 👇:

Term US UK India Philippines Canada Australia Liberia Ireland New Zealand Jamaica Trinidad & Tobago Guyana
spiraled 88 32 43 78 60 36 0 0 0 0 0 0
spiralled 12 68 57 22 40 64 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • In the United States, there is a preference for "spiraled" over "spiralled" (88 to 12).
  • In the United Kingdom, there is a 68 to 32 preference for "spiralled" over "spiraled".
  • In India, there is a 57 to 43 preference for "spiralled" over "spiraled".
  • In the Philippines, there is a preference for "spiraled" over "spiralled" (78 to 22).
  • In Canada, there is a preference for "spiraled" over "spiralled" (60 to 40).
  • In Australia, there is a 64 to 36 preference for "spiralled" over "spiraled".
  • In Liberia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "spiraled" and "spiralled".
  • In Ireland, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "spiraled" and "spiralled".
  • In New Zealand, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "spiraled" and "spiralled".
  • In Jamaica, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "spiraled" and "spiralled".
  • In Trinidad & Tobago, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "spiraled" and "spiralled".
  • In Guyana, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "spiraled" and "spiralled".
Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use spiraled or spiralled with sample sentences.

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Examples in Context

Examples of “spiraled”

  • The economy spiraled downward until the banking system
  • worse for Ali as Justin spiraled towards drug addiction, smoking marijuana,
  • This action spiraled into relocating 60 people in
  • Sugar Sex Magik Tour and spiraled into a heavy drug addiction
  • into the case, which soon spiraled into a media circus for
  • for export, although estimated costs spiraled from $7 billion to $15
  • game that relied on the spiraled ball.
  • The Boss's dream, but this spiraled into a conspiracy to impose
  • sticks could be straight or spiraled; the spiraled ones were longer,
  • was the reason the situation spiraled out of control, although it

Examples of “spiralled”

  • involving some youths which then spiralled out of control when it
  • the number of 'love-marriages' have spiralled upwards especially in urban areas.
  • the months as Charity's life spiralled out of control when her
  • Neiwand spiralled into depression after missing his
  • among Khomeini's supporters, which eventually spiralled into the Iranian Revolution.
  • the enormous Travertine marble staircase spiralled up the centre of the
  • up to 6 inches tall spiralled with 12–19 ribs of blunt
  • into 5 arrondissements, which originally spiralled out anticlockwise from the Hôtel
  • rebelled by taking drugs, and spiralled into addiction.
  • firing pass, before the Heinkel spiralled to the ground with three


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