- present participle of whirl.
whirling
Example Sentences
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"We opened two containers every day in the yard," he said, sitting in his office beside a whirling fan.
From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026
In “Like This,” from the Glass/Wilson virtual reality “Monsters of Grace” originally created in 1998 at UCLA, the 12th century whirling dervish Turkish poet Rumi exalts the wonder of dying of love.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
I had secured my story through sources, not from him direct, so to hear him on the phone was a relief as that back page was now whirling around a press.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2026
Most ingenious of all are the soap bubbles, devised by Mr. Forman, an MIT doctoral student, that drift around the stage as whirling snow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025
My head is whirling as I try to grasp what’s happening.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
