Sentence example with the word 'whirring'

whirring

Definition adj. like the sound of rapidly vibrating wings

Last update: June 19, 2015


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Thus, the Koreans go far beyond the Eskimo and number their demons by thousands of billions; they fill the chimney, the shed, the living-room, the kitchen, they are on every shelf and jar; in thousands they waylay the traveller as he leaves his home, beside him, behind him, dancing in front of him, whirring over his head, crying out upon him from air, earth and water.   [Please select]

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Shouts rang shrill from the boys' playfield and a whirring whistle.   [Please select]

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A whirring whistle: goal.   [Please select]

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Then, after due choking and whirring, our own clock struck, and we counted the strokes quite clearly--one.   [Please select]

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The next morning we took up our march silently with the dawn, the prairie grouse whirring ahead of us.   [Please select]

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Shirley made some reply that was lost in the whirring wheels.   [Please select]

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He indicated an electrically driven ventilator that was whirring in a corner of the room.   [Please select]

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