whirl

[wɜːrl]

Definition:
1. The act of rotating rapidly.
2. Turn in a twisting or spinning motion.
3. Cause to spin.
4. Flow in a circular current, of liquids.
5. Confused movement.
6. The shape of something rotating rapidly.
7. A usually brief attempt.

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Use 'whirl' in a sentence:

1. Her life was one long whirl of parties.
2. Against the green background, the black profiles whirl obstinately like those cut-out silhouettes that are attached to a phonograph's turntable.
3. My head is in a whirl; I must sit down and think.
4. Why not give acupuncture a whirl?
5. Not receiving an answer, she whirled round.
6. The dancer suddenly made a whirl.
7. Merkel and Westerwelle give it a whirl.
8. The houses whirled past us as the train gathered speed.
9. The award partly reflects the whirl of activity that is Ms Ma.
10. Britain, though, seems willing to give it a whirl.
11. There was a whirl of dust on the road.
12. The traveler's brain was in a whirl. To whitewash his embarrassment, he said hello to them.
13. Planets are believed to emerge from the accretion of particles in a disk of gas and dust as they whirl around the star.
14. They whirled me away before I could say anything.
15. We decided to give it a whirl.
16. In half an hour's whirl of activity she does it all.
17. Add butter, granulated garlic, and cayenne and whirl until smooth and well blended.
18. My thoughts are in a whirl.
19. In our research studies, we help people who have never tried anything like a vegan diet to give it a whirl.
20. Julia felt a whirl of wind blow her hair up and swish in her face.
21. She whirled around to face him.
22. Whirling snow swept over the road.
23. He was whirling Anne around the floor.
24. What the heck, I thought, I'll give it a whirl.
25. Brian was whirling like a dervish, slapping at the mosquitoes and moaning.
26. I learn not to separate these creatures bursting with violent energy from the sky where their desires whirl.
27. Her mind was in a whirl.
28. My head is a whirl of aches, Doctor. Surely it will wait till morning.
29. Most astronomers believe that the large concentration of mass at the galaxy's center is a black hole whose gravity is causing the gas to whirl.
30. He whirled round at the sound of his name.
31. In a minute the whirl extends from surface to drain, animating the whole basin.
32. To free electrons, something has to make them whirl fast enough to break away from their nuclei.
33. Show Whirl Magnetic Field of Three-Phase Asynchronous Motor by Apply Method of Lower Frequency.
34. Look! The seagulls are whirling over the harbour.
35. The first is a pair of planets, each about the mass of Jupiter, that whirl around their home star 15 light years from Earth in perfect lockstep.
36. The groom whirled the bride round in his arms.
37. In the heart of the Anatolian steppe, dervishes still whirl on festive occasions in mystic union with God.
38. He threw himself around the stage like a whirling dervish.
39. Stars whirl in the sky in a long-exposure photo of Mount Damavand in Iran.
40. It's a concept that's hard for most of us in our go-go-go world to master, but give it a whirl.
41. If you don't believe me, just give this testing app on Facebook a whirl.
42. Tie a stone to a piece of string and whirl it around your head.
43. Your life is such a social whirl.
44. Let me wake up to roar or whirl about.
45. This morning I woke up and decided to give it a whirl.
46. The winds awaken, the leaves whirl round.
47. I don't feel like eating& my mind's in a whirl.
48. to be tossed and lost and broken in the whirl of this fearful joy?
49. I couldn't sleep ─ my mind was whirling from all that had happened.
50. The smoke began to whirl and grew into a monstrous column.
51. They were caught up in a whirling vortex of emotion.
52. Tom whirled her across the dance floor.
53. The dust whirled and eddied in the sunlight.
54. It's easy to get caught up in the social whirl.