Whirring

"Whirring" in a Sentence (3 examples)

The cogs are whirring loudly.

The fan is making a whirring sound.

From inside the mill there came a whizzing, whirring, and clashing sound, and now and then a bright saw-blade flashed in the air, as if in combat with the spirits of the night, to cut the stumps and uneven ends off the logs.

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