eddy
noun
a current at variance with the main current in a stream of liquid or gas, especially one having a rotary or whirling motion.
eddying
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present participleof eddy.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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On cue, they lift sun-reflecting mirrored panels above their heads and begin an eddying, light-glinting processional dance of protest and preservation.
From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2022
Its ambiguities and enigmas add up to not more eddying confusions but to a stark reminder that the only reasonable response to grief is “life life life.”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 22, 2022
The crowds mostly kept a respectful distance but in sight of the gate, eddying like pilgrims gathered around a shrine, only breaking their vigil to watch a plane arc slowly by.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2021
But the highlight was an impossibly sustained high harmonic, eddying above distant turbulence from the timpani.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 3, 2013
Sam shuffled along, clutching hard, and looking down into the pale eddying water as if it was a chasm in the mountains.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
