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vortical

[vawr-ti-kuhl] / ˈvɔr tɪ kəl /


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“A demented and seductive vortical tension was building in the community. The jitters were setting in,” she writes.

From The New Yorker ● Jul. 26, 2019

But within it is the vortical power of Dustin, pulling in the laughs, the cast and the audience.

From Time Magazine Archive

The old man, interpreted with earthy humor and shining grace by Bokuzen Hidari, is the vortical figure in the film.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the contrary, they may and do move both towards the poles and downwards by circuitous and even vortical paths.

From The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena by James Weir

The whole upper atmosphere was choked with dense clouds, which swirled and tumbled, and twisted themselves into great vortical rolls, spinning like gigantic millshafts.

From The Second Deluge by Garrett Putman Serviss




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