eddying
- present participle of eddy.
Example Sentences
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—But as a leaf falls so falls weightless thought Eddying, and with a myriad dead leaves lies Bewildered, or in a little air awhile is caught Idly, then drops and dies.
From Poems New and Old by Freeman, John
Yet should it unfasten itself and fall Eddying down till it find your face At some slight wind—best chance of all!
From An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry by Corson, Hiram
Eddying leaves fluttered from the heaps accumulated in fence corners or beneath the friendly shelter of the evergreens.
From Chicken Little Jane on the Big John by Ritchie, Lily Munsell
No happy music this, Eddying through their nectar cups and calm!
From In Divers Tones by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir
Eddying floats of creamy foam Flecked the waters brown, As we rode up to cross the ford, Rode up from yonder town.
From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. by Ingelow, Jean
