whirling dervish
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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“We’ve been here for less than three years and that’s been a whirling dervish of activity,” Boehly said in March.
From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 11, 2025
The Liverpool teenager, on loan at Middlesbrough, was a whirling dervish, a human blur taking the fight to Croatia.
From BBC • Nov. 15, 2024
It’s a tough job, but Rebecca, an ebullient, wisecracking, fist-bumping whirling dervish, is more than up to the task and Sherman plays the offbeat role to the hilt.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 25, 2023
And so there he was Friday, a whirling dervish of encouragement as Lake Washington sparkled in the background on a glorious spring day at a facility that had the rookies marveling at its grandeur.
From Seattle Times • May 13, 2023
She runs at him and he melts before this whirling dervish with a damaged child in her arms and a healthy one stirring inside.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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