awhirl
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of awhirl
Example Sentences
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Granted, it’s Christmastime, but on this particular evening the warm palette awhirl over the swirls of architect Moshe Safdie’s performing arts center was in tribute to the artist and philanthropist Jeff Hanson.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 22, 2020
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
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mind awhirl with the sort of not very interesting observations that so often pass through the minds of characters in unpublished fiction.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
For four hours that night, the kitchen was awhirl.
From New York Times ● Feb. 10, 2012
As she rode through woods and streams and heather, her brain was awhirl.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
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