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Meanings of purl in anglès
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arremolinar-se Synonyms
Examples for "whirl"
Examples for "whirl"
1
They're unnerving even now, months later; Grand Central without its human whirl.
2
She clung to this idea in the whirl of the new life.
3
The bow-string holding the stick made it whirl in the hole beneath.
4
The animal disappeared, swallowed in the whirl-wind that encompassed her and it.
5
The storm was coming, and it would have to whirl its course.
1
Then nothing, save the lap and eddy of the water far away.
2
The junction appeared deeper; water churned in a putrid eddy of cross-currents.
3
For I was now strangely interested in these men of the eddy.
4
An eddy clutched her and drew her swiftly in toward the bank.
5
The eddy on which it was poised seizes and drags it down.
1
The warning comes as questions swirl through financial markets over Deutsche Bank.
2
It is easy to forget everything else, and let time swirl away.
3
The water-carrier of the moment disappeared in a swirl of excited contestants.
4
His Beverly Hills home became the scene of a constant social swirl.
5
Then there are the personal expectations that swirl around the new leader.
1
The water I had seen; I had not counted on the whirlpool.
2
But who knows how far the whirlpool might have spread by then?
3
It shuddered, it was afraid; this vision of a whirlpool haunted him.
4
Others followed the leaders, creating a whirlpool of stampeding, panting, wild-eyed livestock.
5
The eddy was rapidly becoming a whirlpool, the water foaming about it.
Usage of purl in anglès
1
I could hear the gentle purl of the stream on my right.
2
One, two, three, four, five, and then three purl; that is right.
3
When the knitting is round, you purl and knit the intake alternately.
4
I can't leave her behind... purl three... you know what she's like.'
5
Mag counted up her dropped stitch and began again, knit, purl, purl.
6
I was really, really hoping I wouldn't have to purl the next row.
7
Finish the square with several rows of purl and a chain.
8
The compliment made something primitive and satisfying purl through her, and she smiled.
9
Two purl, three plain, slip one, two purl-yes ,that'sright.
10
How was the poison administered, in beer or in purl?
11
Oh my, but is it a knit or a purl?
12
The classroom filled with mutters of, "Two purl, one plain, twist two..."
13
Neither Mrs. Marston, with her antiphonal 'Double knit, double purl!'
14
The stitches should be about the width of the needle apart to allow for the purl.
15
There are several spangles and some small pieces of coloured purl scattered about in the spaces.
16
After that-silence ,exceptfor the slow chug of the engine and the purl of water, diminishing.
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Purl through the time
Purl across language varieties
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