whirl
verb (used without object)
to turn around, spin, or rotate rapidly.
has whirled
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present perfectof whirl (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Google, after going public some 9 years ago, has whirled around the clock 8 or 9 times.
From Forbes ● Sep. 23, 2014
For the Royal Ballet, he has whirled up Rhapsody, a dazzling, sun-drenched frolic that premiered last week as part of England's birthday tribute to the Queen Mother.
From Time Magazine Archive
In all that time, she has never missed a trip, has whirled over the Canadian mountains in helicopters, jounced over Afghan trails on a Bactrian camel.
From Time Magazine Archive
So this season, without even a feeler to Vegas, Williams has whirled past more fairgrounds than Astronauts Cooper and Conrad ever did.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is supposed that some great revolving storm has whirled them all out of their course.
From The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2, 1857-1870 by Mamie Dickens
