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whelm

[hwelm, welm] / ʰwɛlm, wɛlm /












Example Sentences

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That would be up to you, and if you go that way, spicy is available, too — definitely whelming, if not overly so.

From Seattle Times

I reviewed it and found it completely ...whelming.

From The Verge

She’s walking through the school quadrangle, ruminating on whether one “can ever just be whelmed”.

From The Guardian

He was like a worn small rock whelmed by the successive waves of his voice.

From Literature

Inside it, the kingcups bloomed and the brook whelmed up from its source.

From Literature