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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of whirl.

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Examples

  • The poet Coleridge envisioned it within whirls of blue opium smoke.

    The Punk Poet Finds a Muse Pia Catton 2010

  • All France is in a roar; a sea of persons, estimated at 'ten thousand,' whirls 'all this day in the Palais Royal.'

    The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838

  • The "whirls," double vision and nausea are disabling and a sure recipe for vomiting.

    Durangoherald.com 2009

  • The "whirls," double vision and nausea are disabling and a sure recipe for vomiting.

    Durangoherald.com 2009

  • With something like a snarl, the Cardinal whirls away from Eldridge and out of the cage so abruptly that it throws the man off-balance, and he stumbles against the table – sending ash spilling to cloud the air, and the technicians bumping into each other to get away from the cloud of remains.

    Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Thablue’s Review Forum 2009

  • He grabs her, his fingers clamping around her biceps, and whirls her around.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

  • Just the same, if 'you can spare a few minutes from each other after a couple more whirls, Mary an' me'd be complimented to have your presence at dinner.

    CHAPTER II 2010

  • He grabs her, his fingers clamping around her biceps, and whirls her around.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

  • Also is there bad water at Cambell Fort, where the Yukon goes slim like a maiden, and the water is fast, and the currents rush this way and that and come together, and there are whirls and sucks, and always are the currents changing and the face of the water changing, so at any two times it is never the same.

    THE WHITE MAN'S WAY 2010

  • Also is there bad water at Cambell Fort, where the Yukon goes slim like a maiden, and the water is fast, and the currents rush this way and that and come together, and there are whirls and sucks, and always are the currents changing and the face of the water changing, so at any two times it is never the same.

    The White Man's Way 2010

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