vortex

Example Sentences

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While conducting research in the Prussian state archives in Berlin in the 1990s, he chanced upon the details of a “small vortex of turbulence” in Königsberg.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The magnons transfer some of their energy to the vortex core, causing it to move in a tiny circular path around its center.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

She just didn’t realize that she herself was going to get swept up into its vortex.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

With the tumour in the speech vortex of her brain, Lauren was unable to speak for weeks after surgery and lost a lot of her cognitive function.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

She clings to me as tightly as if I were keeping her from being sucked into a vortex.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen