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whir

noun as in commotion

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For communities like Brenda’s and David’s, the computational whir of data centers is not merely an annoyance, but a source of mental and physical harm.

He remembers how his young eyes fixated on the flashing lights of police cars that seemed ever-present, his ears drawn to the whir of police helicopters and sirens.

The whir of the circling NYPD helicopter muffled their chants calling for unity and calling out police brutality.

As we approach the rumble of guns grows louder and alternates with the whir of cannonballs, which begin to attract his attention.

You can almost hear the gears whir: Kagan offers the most liberalism for the longest time at the lowest political cost.

For a few seconds the silence was unbroken save for a whir of a taxicab passing outside.

Both had heard the well-remembered whir at the same moment, and bounded away several steps before pausing to look back.

Suddenly some birds arose with a great whir of wings, and alighted in a tree.

She heard the whir of a machine, fast and then slow again, near and then at a distance.

Then, from out of the darkness, came something that moved on a whir of caterpillar treads.

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On this page you'll find 21 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to whir, such as: bustle, fly, hum, move, revolve, and sound.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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