Thesaurus / whirlwinds
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synonyms for whirlwinds
- blizzard
- cyclone
- disturbance
- downpour
- gale
- gust
- hurricane
- monsoon
- precipitation
- snowstorm
- squall
- tempest
- tornado
- twister
- blast
- blow
- cloudburst
- whirlwind
- windstorm
- precip
- raining cats and dogs
- clatter
- ferment
- flurry
- tumult
- whirlwind
- ado
- agitation
- bustle
- daze
- dither
- fluster
- flutter
- furor
- fuss
- hubbub
- hurry
- merry-go-round
- moil
- pother
- round
- ruction
- rush
- series
- spin
- stir
- storm
- succession
- tempest
- turbulence
- uproar
- hurly-burly
- air
- blast
- breeze
- cyclone
- gale
- gust
- blow
- breath
- chinook
- draft
- draught
- flurry
- flutter
- hot air
- mistral
- puff
- tempest
- typhoon
- wafting
- whiff
- whirlwind
- whisk
- zephyr
- commotion
- hubbub
- tumult
- ado
- agitation
- clamor
- do
- excitement
- flurry
- furor
- fuss
- haste
- hurry
- pother
- rumpus
- stir
- to-do
- turmoil
- uproar
- whirl
- whirlpool
- whirlwind
- hurly-burly
- furor
- outbreak
- spurt
- squall
- turmoil
- whirl
- whirlwind
- ado
- agitation
- brouhaha
- bustle
- confusion
- disturbance
- excitement
- ferment
- flap
- flaw
- fluster
- flutter
- fuss
- gust
- haste
- hurry
- pother
- spell
- stir
- to-do
- tumult
- turbulence
- cyclone
- gale
- monsoon
- storm
- tornado
- twister
- tempest
- typhoon
- line storm
- tropical cyclone
- tropical storm
- whirlwind
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How to use whirlwinds in a sentence
Whirlwinds occurred in several parts of the state of New York, and in other states.
THE EVERY DAY BOOK OF HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGYJOEL MUNSELLNow let us see how Nicholas Chopin fared while these whirlwinds passed over Poland.
FREDERICK CHOPIN AS A MAN AND MUSICIANFREDERICK NIECKSWhirlwinds pass in opposite ways, and in a sort of hideous dance, a stamping of the storms upon the waters.
TOILERS OF THE SEAVICTOR HUGOWhirlwinds of rage possess me: you are wrong'd Beyond a stoic sufferance; yet you stand As you were rooted.
THE PLAYS OF PHILIP MASSINGERPHILIP MASSINGERSuperstitious forewarnings: whirlwinds, lightnings, and fiery dragons.
ON SOME ANCIENT BATTLE-FIELDS IN LANCASHIRECHARLES HARDWICKThey were whirlwinds carrying the dust upward to the blue sky, and spinning it from point to point.
THE DESERT HOMEMAYNE REIDThe strange, deep rumbling was attributed by the Indians to whirlwinds trying to escape from caves.
MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF OUR OWN LAND, COMPLETECHARLES M. SKINNERImmense whirlwinds of vapour obscured the sky, through which glimmered a few stars.
THE SECRET OF THE ISLANDW.H.G. KINGSTON (TRANSLATION FROM JULES VERNE)Nereids travel on whirlwinds, and, like the Celtic fairies, cause spinning spirals of dust on highways.
THE NEW GRESHAM ENCYCLOPEDIAVARIOUSThe same instant it dropped away again with a rush of whirlwinds, and became a distant shadow miles and miles below him.
JIMBOALGERNON BLACKWOOD