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whirlpool

noun as in spinning water

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Example Sentences

He is of course, referring to Homer's epic poem that follows the travels of Odysseus and his crew, who faced perils such a the monster Scylla and giant whirlpool Charybdis.

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Yet like a spiraling whirlpool, a black hole is currently removing so much gas from Pablo's Galaxy that it can no longer normally form stars.

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A group of friends was canyoneering Friday near the Seven Teacups Trail in Tulare County when one got caught in a whirlpool.

Minutes later three people were dead, having been caught in a whirlpool and drowning while trying to save one another.

From the helicopter windows, her eyes fall on the jagged edge of the Donjek glacier: meltwater swirls out from beneath the ice like a whirlpool.

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

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