whirl
verb (used without object)
to turn around, spin, or rotate rapidly.
have whirled
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present perfectof whirl.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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Costs have whirled out of control across higher education, while unscrupulous for-profit schools in particular have made a killing overcharging millions of working-class students for possibly worthless degrees.
From Slate ● Jun. 10, 2014
Others are convinced that the rolling Gemini would have whirled Scott around in space at the end of his 75-ft. tether, eventually slamming him against the spacecraft and probably causing fatal injuries.
From Time Magazine Archive
They have whirled about the White House since he released edited transcripts of 46 tape-recorded Watergate conversations with his aides.
From Time Magazine Archive
Where the master could have whirled the philosopher to triumph in a blaze of intellectual toughness and passion, Shaffer slips the poet the victory with too little of either.
From Time Magazine Archive
He enters it, and in a moment more, Mr. Grip and carriage have whirled out of sight.
From Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives by Lawrence L. Lynch
