vortex

Example Sentences

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Denford’s mission is to interrupt the spinning vortex of negativity in which the world is caught by redirecting our energy instead of contributing one more fiery rebuttal to sexist idiocy.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

While conducting research in the Prussian state archives in Berlin in the 1990s, he chanced upon the details of a “small vortex of turbulence” in Königsberg.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

This is just one of a host of ways environmental decisions are being sucked into the vortex that is Europe's energy debate.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

These pressures can trigger what scientists call an "extinction vortex," a downward spiral in which shrinking populations and worsening genetic health reinforce each other and push species closer to extinction.

From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2026

I didn’t know it at the time, but the vortex around Santita’s father was starting to spin faster.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama