Whirl

//wɜːl//

"Whirl" in a Sentence (23 examples)

Let's give it a whirl.

I'll give it a whirl.

Give it a whirl.

"My head is in a whirl," I remarked; "the more one thinks of it the more mysterious it grows."

As the whirl of dust drew nearer to the solitary bluff upon which the two castaways were reposing, the canvas-covered tilts of waggons and the figures of armed horsemen began to show up through the haze, and the apparition revealed itself as being a great caravan upon its journey for the West.

The blaze burned so furiously on July 26 that it created a “fire whirl.” The twirling tower of flame reached speeds of 143 mph (230 kph), which rivaled some of the most destructive Midwest tornados.

The whirl uprooted trees and tore roofs from homes, Dykema said.

Researchers at the University of Maryland say a fiery phenomenon called blue whirl could someday help clean up oil spills on water.

And she would whirl and spin and totter around, but she was still standing when Evil Eye Fleagle tried to lay her low with a double whammy.

As the flames raged, a fire whirl spun rapidly, pulling in everything close by.

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The dancer whirled across the stage, stopped, and whirled around to face the audience.

The house whirled around two or three times and rose slowly through the air. Dorothy felt as if she were going up in a balloon.

My head is whirling after all that drink.

My brained ^([sic]) whirled as he went on, but yet there was a fearful impression that the worst was not told.

The dancer whirled his partner round on her toes.

He whirls his sword around without delay.

See, see the chariot, and those rushing wheels, / That whirled the prophet up at Chebar flood.

To-night the winds begin to rise ⁠And roar from yonder dropping day: ⁠The last red leaf is whirl’d away, The rooks are blown about the skies; […]

The passionate heart of the poet is whirl’d into folly.

She gave the top a whirl and it spun across the floor.

My life is one social whirl.

My mind was in a whirl.

OK, let's give it a whirl.

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