whirring

• Now as then the belts are whirring, the looms are moving, the girls are handling the shuttles, and the air is filled with a din so continuous and intense that speech is well-nigh impossible. —  Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary
• From inside the goggles came a whirring, as if small generators were operating While the headlights of the car were off, there was light. —  035 - Murder Mirage
• Then the machine started whirring, and soon a stack of twenties shot out. —  Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment
• An instant later, there was a loud whirring--the explosive, nerve-wracking sound quail make when a covey takes off and, on the stage, a covey of six artificial quail arose and flew away. —  165 - The Devil Is Jones
• His head was splitting and whirring, his mouth was dry and bitter and he could feel the fever in his blood resolving itself into innumerable regular counts like a slow dripping from a roof. —  The Diamond as Big as the Ritz and Other Stories

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