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whirling

ADJECTIVE
swirling
Synonyms


ADJECTIVE
rotating
Synonyms


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Using every tool at his disposal — namely his violins, guitars, looping machine and expressive voice — Bird created a whirling one-man-band effect that somehow awed and soothed the crowd in equal measure.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026

Skacel, the whirling dervish, in his pomp, skipping past defenders and rifling shots past goalkeepers, the little wonder tearing it up.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

Most ingenious of all are the soap bubbles, devised by Mr. Forman, an MIT doctoral student, that drift around the stage as whirling snow.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

The whirling Sufi dervishes have known for ages that dance is spiritual.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2025

When Mr. St. John went, it was beginning to snow; the whirling storm continued all night.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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