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swirled

VERB

spin around

Synonyms

STRONGEST

boil churn roil twirl whirl

STRONG

agitate coil crimp crisp curl eddy purl roll snake surge swoosh whirlpool whorl wriggle

Antonyms

STRONG

straighten

Example Sentences

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Hill met Neil Gordon through his wife, Melissa, a photographer who had spent a few weeks in Walterboro chronicling the trial and the madness that swirled around it.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

Speculation swirled online that the Grammy winner would drop the third act of her planned music trilogy timed to the summer.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Rumors of acquisition offers swirled: Saudi sovereign money?

From Slate • May 8, 2026

The noise - lasting and deafening - rose up and swirled around like a typhoon, gathering up everybody in its vicinity, delirious Hearts folk thrilled to be sucked into the vortex.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

Danny touched his skin, tracing the lines of the arrows that swirled in all directions.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova