Example Sentences

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Distressing images thunder into her head uninvited, whirling around and around until she feels like she is drowning in them.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

I had secured my story through sources, not from him direct, so to hear him on the phone was a relief as that back page was now whirling around a press.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

The arrival of “The Beast in Me” couldn’t be better timed, with the drama surrounding the release of the Epstein files whirling.

From Salon • Nov. 19, 2025

In the whirling madness that began when the smartphone achieved ubiquity around 2012, a great many parents did not know what to do.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

Chicken spun, whirling more papers across the steps.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn