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Meanings of
whirling
in English
Portuguese
giro
Catalan
gir
Spanish
remolino
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The act of rotating in a circle or spiral.
gyration
Portuguese
giro
Swirling.
swirling
Related terms
moving
Usage of
whirling
in English
1
At once turn up all the masked faces in the
whirling
mass.
2
The dust raised by his wheels is still
whirling
in the air.
3
The bottles went
whirling
and crashing on the rocks near the roadway
4
At present my brain is
whirling
;
I must go into the air.
5
Leesil came off the far wall, body
whirling
across the alley floor.
6
The only thing that helped when her mind was
whirling
was work.
7
The waves are
whirling
their boat past the rocks into the shallows.
8
Mutely, Lysandra let Eirianwen lead her through the throng, her mind
whirling
.
9
For days the snow was driven in
whirling
clouds all around us.
10
My mind was
whirling
with confusion and a strange sense of joy.
11
She seized the cat once more, and went
whirling
round the room.
12
Now it was dizzying,
whirling
;
now it was languishing, full of repose.
13
Centerfield had the ball in his hands,
whirling
as if on springs.
14
When the
whirling
stopped, the letters dropped back into their proper place.
15
To his annoyance the
whirling
ball dropped into the pocket labeled eight.
16
Though his mind was
whirling
,
he forced his voice to stay calm.
Other examples for "whirling"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
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whirling
whirl
Verb
Present
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
whirl in
whirl around
whirl snow
whirl away
whirl brain
More collocations
Translations for
whirling
Portuguese
giro
Catalan
gir
rotació
Spanish
remolino
vuelta
giro
Whirling
through the time
Whirling
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common