aswirl
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of aswirl
Example Sentences
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The natural world is aswirl in “Life of Pi,” a marvelously inventive stage adaptation of Yann Martel’s 2002 Booker Prize-winning novel.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2025
This required both that they pick the right material and that they create light at the right frequency to send its atomic lattice aswirl with the help of theoretical computation from the collaborators.
From Science Daily • Nov. 9, 2023
Jewishness as an inexorable facet of identity — whether it’s embraced, rejected or buried — is a concept aswirl in the intermissionless production.
From Washington Post • Oct. 2, 2022
The Glacial Heritage Preserve near Olympia, once a solid wasteland of Scot’s broom, an invasive weed, has been restored to native camas and grasses, and is aswirl again with butterflies.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 5, 2014
The southern sky was aswirl with glowing, shifting colors, the reflections of the great fires that burned below.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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