churning
noun
the act of a person or thing that churns.
churnings
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pluralof churning.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The intensity depends on many factors, including complex churnings in the Earth's core.
From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2023
Bachelder’s reliance on sub-rosa psychological churnings partly reflects his strengths as a novelist: he excels as an analyst of the anxieties that undergird social mores rather than as a dramatist of extravagant scenes.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 23, 2016
It was an illustration of the many simultaneous churnings that animate India today.
From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2013
Evensong belies its title by ascending to multiphonic free jazz with hymnal piano churnings beneath.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 25, 2011
His mind was a grayness and there were churnings of pain in his stomach.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
