Example Sentences

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I am afraid she had whirled or dervished a little too long.

From The Guardian • Feb. 28, 2017

A few nights before, emergency lights had whirled through the Meyers’ gated community, ambulances rushing him to the hospital with chest pains.

From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2010

For nearly 24 days, the three cosmonauts had whirled around the earth in their huge, 175�-ton Salyut space station performing scientific experiments, bantering with mission control, and even celebrating a birthday in orbit.

From Time Magazine Archive

By last week Sir Walter's blast had whirled the learned dust along academic corridors in England and made eddies in the intellectual weeklies.

From Time Magazine Archive

By this time the old bull had whirled around and turned upon his pursuer so fast that the young bull was taken by surprise.

From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell