whirlpools
- plural of whirlpool.
Example Sentences
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The Atlantic island's position in the Hebridean archipelago protects it from the ocean swells, but occasionally brings inhabitants the challenge of navigating the Corryvreckan whirlpools.
From BBC • Jun. 24, 2025
These eddies are like giant whirlpools and often reach the abyssal seafloor, resulting in seafloor erosion and large sediment accumulations called contourites, akin to snowdrifts.
From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2024
Across the universe, the immense gravitational pull of black holes sucks up whirlpools of gas called accretion disks.
From Salon • Sep. 24, 2023
When a superfluid rotates, little whirlpools, or vortices, develop.
From Scientific American • Jul. 18, 2023
He had whirlpools tattooed on his forehead and his cheeks.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
