eddy

Example Sentences

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The story gathers complexity and emotional charge when it focuses on Ada and Charles’s relationship, which eddies with admiration, resentment and not-quite-suppressed romantic feeling.

From Washington Post

The crowds mostly kept a respectful distance but in sight of the gate, eddying like pilgrims gathered around a shrine, only breaking their vigil to watch a plane arc slowly by.

From Los Angeles Times

A coastal eddy swirling low clouds over Southern California brought enough cooling Wednesday for forecasters to reduce some excessive-heat warnings to advisories around the Los Angeles region.

From Fox News

When the sunlight hits the right angle, the clouds of dust turn golden, swirling in gentle eddies around the concrete crusher before wafting toward the fence separating Gaza from Israel.

From Los Angeles Times

Bicycling on the roads through farmland offers rural delights: towering rows of hops in pungent flower, colorful fields of peppers and tomatoes, or wind eddying through a sea of golden wheat.

From Seattle Times