Leaves were whirling in the air.
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Whirling
/ˈwɝlɪŋ/
Synonyms for "whirling" (66 found)
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Closest matches (14)
angular momentumangular motionangular velocityaxial motionbowlingcentrifugationcirculationcircumgyrationcircumrotation
Strong matches (19)
Related words (33)
Adjective(2 words)
Verb(1 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
18 entriesappearanceartistcircular motioncognitiondancerflow patternfluid motionkinematicsmental processmental statemotionmovemovementperceptionperformerrotary motion
Showing 16 of 18 words.
More specific
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
Collocations
9 entrieswhirling bladeswhirling colorswhirling currentwhirling dervishwhirling motionwhirling patternswhirling speedwhirling vortexwhirling wind
Inflections
4 entriesDerivations
4 entriesSample sentences
11 total sentences available.
I'm alone standing at the tip of the slow-dying year, the universe breaking in waves at my feet, planets whirling about my head, rumpling my hair in the wind that rushes by, without giving an answer that would fill the abyss.
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Snow began whirling through the street.
Source: tatoeba (5685534)
There was a storm, and snow began whirling through the street.
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Showing 4 of 11 available sentences.