Synonyms for whirling

Grammar : Adj

Spell : hwurl, wurl

Phonetic Transcription : ʰwɜrl, wɜrl

Définition of whirling

Origin : early 15c., "flywheel of a spindle," from whirl (v.). The meaning "act of whirling" is recorded from late 15c.; figurative sense of "confused activity" is recorded from 1550s. Colloquial sense of "tentative attempt" is attested from 1884, American English.

adj swirling
adj rotating

Example sentences :

But do give me a moment, everything is all so whirling and hazy.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

The waves are whirling their boat past the rocks into the shallows.
Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke

But his head was whirling round, the blood was gushing from his brow, his temple, his mouth.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

The Diné, whirling on his heel, met the arrow with his throat, and pitched choking.
Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin

I can see him yet, scowling at me and whirling the loop over his head ready to throw.
Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower

An icy wind was blowing, and the snowflakes were whirling through the air.
Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various

Rawson felt the same current sweeping and whirling gustily about him.
Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin

Morgan's brain was for an instant full of a whirling mass of thought.
Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill

The sheep were tossed about like dead leaves, whirling in bands in the eddies.
Extract from : « The Flood » by Emile Zola

Our heads were whirling, our bodies bruised and mashed by the shaking up.
Extract from : « The Floating Island of Madness » by Jason Kirby

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