whir
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As propellers whir during warm-up, one drone’s camera shakes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
It might whir like an e-bike and look like an e-bike, but that electric cycle sitting in the garage might not technically be an e-bike, or even be street legal, in California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
Over the whine of buzzsaws and the steady whir of sanders, hundreds of Vietnamese workers in a factory outside Ho Chi Minh City hustle to fill orders for high-end furniture.
From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026
A whir of arms, a flick of his wrist, and the ball has hit you before you know it.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2025
Doors in the middles of all the cars, except the last one, slid open with a whir and a BONG! chime.
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
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
Medical equipment whirs and beeps in the background.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2023
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
A fluttering like a steady motor whirs in her breast.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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
As a helicopter whirred overhead and masked men yelling pro-Israel slogans circled the camp’s plywood barricades, the officers drove away.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2024
The red and blue lights of a police car whirred in circles.
From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff
The chancellor was perhaps mindful of the army of manufacturing robots, laser welders, 3D metal printers, whirring into action around him.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
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
Rising equity prices have also kept the spending machine whirring when it comes to artificial-intelligence hyperscalers’ capital investments.
From MarketWatch ● May 21, 2026
Keeping the systems whirring is a constant operation, with technicians on site even during religious holidays.
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
The blank white screen reminded Hugo of a brand- new piece of paper, and he loved the wonderful whirring sound from the projector that filled the theater.
From "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick
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