whirr
Example Sentences
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Zhang occasionally tosses in a distant whirr like the kind you hear in sci-fi films denoting an approaching UFO.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2024
At an unfinished Country Garden residential complex on the outskirts of the northern Chinese metropolis of Tianjin, construction has slowed to a dull whirr and a few idle workers roam a near-empty site.
From Reuters ● Aug. 23, 2023
The air carries the smell of apples and the rhythmic whirr of the scratter, a century-old wooden apple press used to make juice.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2022
For years after she arrived in Sweden as a refugee in 1992, the whirr of helicopters made her instinctively want to run for cover.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 14, 2022
Skates would go well over this sidewalk—old it was, and smooth; it made the wheels glide evenly, with a mild whirr.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
