whir
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"I have to import from overseas," 23-year-old Dinh, who only gave one name, explained over the whir of heavy machinery.
From Barron's ● Dec. 16, 2025
For all their technical acumen, the hum and whir of life remains absent in their work, which merely mimics the semblances of behavior they’ve observed from other films.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2025
In Boland's following over, England fell apart in a whir of loose drives.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2025
The capital greets us not with wild crowds, but with shadowed buildings and the whir of taxis along San Jerónimo Street.
From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025
He could hear the whir of the refrigerator turning back on, but there were no other sounds in the apartment.
From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Machinery whirs loudly as a rare-earth mixture is bathed in hydrochloric acid and gradually separated into pure oxides that can be shipped to customers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
And you certainly wouldn’t expect the 74-year-old Rinaudo seated at a century-old instrument, yanking pull-cords and pushing pedals while the machine in front of him whirs and whistles to a rag-timey tune.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2025
The plane’s propeller whirs, and Snoopy’s head swings around, up and down, scanning for any sign of his German foe.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2023
Sixteen men sit side by side on the cement floor, damp is seeping through the walls, a single fan whirs behind the cell bars, and there is one toilet behind a low wall.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2023
He gestures dramatically with his scrawny squirrel arm up to the hayloft, where a scary-looking ray-blasting cannon whirs to life.
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
There was no window or outlet for the heat to escape, a small ceiling fan whirred overhead recycling hot air.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
The robotic hip motors whirred and a mechanical force tugged at my quads.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Pasta sauces found richness from cannellini beans or chickpeas, whirred until smooth.
From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2026
The machines buzzed and whirred as the cows were carried in a lazy arc to the parlor’s exit, where they were detached from milk hoses and sent on their way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2024
The electric clock on the wall had whirred, for a very long time, and Kingshaw had just lain there.
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
Visually, the entire set was stunning, with fast cuts of Nancy Whang pounding on her keyboard, Al Doyle whirring his synthesizer, and Murphy shouting into his microphone, wrapped around his arm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Or, finding yourself wide awake at 3am, brain whirring and no prospect of sleep.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Rising equity prices have also kept the spending machine whirring when it comes to artificial-intelligence hyperscalers’ capital investments.
From MarketWatch ● May 21, 2026
The whirring piña colada machine tempted me, but at $15 a glass, it would quickly drain my budget.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
It made a whirring sound, and he laughed.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
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