whirr

• With a whirr, the suit knelt, rendering the ladder super-fluous. —  Sentenced To Prism
• A military secret as fanatically guarded as the mechanism of the KK SCCAM weapons-system, the field would protect them from everything but complete power loss or direct hit. —  Bloodhype
• I can see distinctly the little stone cottages in the narrow wynds off South Street, which I was wont to visit; I can recall the whirr and rattle of the loom “ben the house,” and picture to myself the grave elderly man who on my entrance would rise from the rickety machine in front of which he was seated, and, after refreshing himself with a pinch of snuff, adjust his horn-rimmed spectacles and stare, with a seriousness which to me was somewhat disquieting, at the little English boy who had found his way into his presence. —  Memoirs of Sir Wemyss Reid 1842-1885
• I hope they give up easily. —  Familiar Lullaby
• (ST: TMP) Designation remains NCC-1701 —  A Larger War on Terror?

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