awheel
Britishadverb
Example Sentences
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Last week, with the blessing of the Postmaster General, he was awheel in one of the strangest contraptions that ever carried Uncle Sam's post.
From Time Magazine Archive
We had come to Calais for the purpose of crossing the Channel for a little tour awheel amid the natural beauties and historic shrines of Merry England.
From The Automobilist Abroad by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)
And now I am again in the streets of the city, rattling with the racing flotilla of things awheel.
From Europe After 8:15 by Benton, Thomas H.
Which one of us, whether afoot, awheel, on horseback, or in comfortable carriage, has not whiled away the time by glancing about?
From The Farringdons by Fowler, Ellen Thorneycroft
When his car—he called it "the bus"—was agreeable, he went awheel in search of amusement.
From Gigolo by Ferber, Edna
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