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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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
From the very start, the Americans were positioned deep in their own half of the field, absorbing pressure from the eddying Mexican attack, looking for an opportunistic moment to spring forward.
From New York Times ● Oct. 11, 2015
Steadily the fins begin to gather and steer towards me, more and more, till I'm in an eddying mass of swooping, diving cetaceans.
From The Guardian ● May 30, 2013
But eddying blasts swirled round them from every side, and the snow flowed down in ever denser clouds.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
