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eddied

  • past participle of eddy.
  • past tense form of eddy.

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“You felt you were escaping the city when you went to 10th Avenue,” he said, retracing his steps as tourists eddied around him.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2016

All around, the floor had grown treacherous from the slippery fallen gold, which eddied into corners, like piles of leaves.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 21, 2015

A thousand conflicting feelings eddied in his head.

From New York Times • May 21, 2012

They eddied down out of the aisles into a tight packed mass.

From Time Magazine Archive

The smell of peaches and cheese eddied about the car, filling his nose with pleasure.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick