The airplane's engines whirred.
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Whirred
//wɜːd//
Synonyms for "whirred" (33 found)
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Propellers whirred on the slim airplane's long wings as Swiss pilot Andre Borschberg set out to make history by flying a solar-powered airplane through day and night, without fuel.
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