whirling dervish
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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One photo made front pages around the world: a lone protester dressed as a whirling dervish - in traditional costume plus gas mask – being pepper-sprayed by the police.
From BBC • Sep. 9, 2025
“We’ve been here for less than three years and that’s been a whirling dervish of activity,” Boehly said in March.
From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 11, 2025
It’s a tough job, but Rebecca, an ebullient, wisecracking, fist-bumping whirling dervish, is more than up to the task and Sherman plays the offbeat role to the hilt.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 25, 2023
She's got this interesting mixture, but she's basically a whirling dervish of a human being.
From Salon • Jun. 7, 2023
She runs at him and he melts before this whirling dervish with a damaged child in her arms and a healthy one stirring inside.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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