Example Sentences

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Add a dash of creamer to your morning coffee, and clouds of white liquid will swirl around your cup.

From Science Daily • Jan. 24, 2024

First, the two former stars will swirl ever closer, eventually crashing and sending out gravitational waves larger than anything humans have ever captured before.

From Salon • Jan. 13, 2023

Rumors will swirl, tidbits will be attributed to anonymous sources and years later the people involved will finally explain what happened.

From New York Times • May 28, 2022

If Turkey’s past assassinations or assassination attempts are anything to go by, questions will swirl around the fatal shooting of Karlov even if an investigation comes to a clear conclusion:

From Seattle Times • Dec. 21, 2016

The tension will swirl as Del Rey's voice roams, stronger and more assured than on her last record.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2014