awhirl
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of awhirl
Example Sentences
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One of the young women spoke animatedly, hands awhirl as she bantered with her lawyers during a recess.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2017
I read for hours that way, morning after morning, my mind awhirl.
From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2016
She drove to Mobile and then drove back again, her mind awhirl with the sort of not very interesting observations that so often pass through the minds of characters in unpublished fiction.
From The Guardian • Jul. 19, 2015
The head spins with options, because Chekhov’s sly and subtle plays are awhirl with all these human contradictions, and beautifully so, when they work.
From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2015
His mind was awhirl with thoughts and memories, and, at the center of everything: the mystery of himself.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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