Example Sentences

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Eddying floats of creamy foam   Flecked the waters brown, As we rode up to cross the ford,   Rode up from yonder town.

From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. by Ingelow, Jean

Eddying leaves fluttered from the heaps accumulated in fence corners or beneath the friendly shelter of the evergreens.

From Chicken Little Jane on the Big John by Ritchie, Lily Munsell

Eddying skirts, gay giddiness ... the festival is closed.

From Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell by Various

Eddying into every quiet bay, coquetting with every salient angle, moving to the melody of its own murmurs, it flows on serenely and musically.

From The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts by Holley, George W.

Rising and leaping, 10 Sinking and creeping, Swelling and flinging, Showering and springing, Eddying and whisking, Spouting and frisking;15 Turning and twisting, Around and around, Collecting, disjecting, With endless rebound.

From Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year by Hartwell, E. C. (Ernest Clark)