whirl
Example Sentences
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They whirl, bounce, and collide within their confined space like loose change shaking violently in a machine, moving so quickly and unpredictably that standard scientific tools have struggled to track them.
From Science Daily
And so I whirled back up the stairs to my room, changed into my oldest skirt, and set out over the bumpy brick streets.
From Literature
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I looped it quickly, whirled it around and around my head, and then threw it out as best I could, but the end of it fell short.
From Literature
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The ice river tore her name from his lips and whirled it away into the gathering dusk.
From Literature
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I whirled around to see James on the last step of the trolley’s doors.
From Literature
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