whirl
verb (used without object)
to turn around, spin, or rotate rapidly.
are whirling
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present progressiveof whirl.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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At Aweil Civil Hospital, fans are whirling overhead, and patients lie on almost bare beds covering themselves with pieces of traditional cloth, known as kitenge.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2022
This angle has an outsize influence on estimates of just how fast things are whirling about within a far-off galaxy.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 22, 2021
Tornadoes are whirling, vertical air columns that form from thunderstorms and stretch to the ground.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 11, 2021
Noël Coward, considering their success, ponders tartly, “Perhaps we are whirling more swiftly into extinction than we know.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2020
So many ideas are whirling through my head that I feel a little dizzy.
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
