- present participle of whirl.
whirling
Example Sentences
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"We opened two containers every day in the yard," he said, sitting in his office beside a whirling fan.
From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026
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
Jareth peeks at her from between the masked dancers whirling around her, hiding and seeking, smiling gently, for once, as “As the World Falls Down” lilts behind the action.
From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2026
Most ingenious of all are the soap bubbles, devised by Mr. Forman, an MIT doctoral student, that drift around the stage as whirling snow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025
Behind us, what should have been a celebration of a new High King continues: the shrieking, the feasting, the whirling around in endless looping dances.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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