whirr

Example Sentences

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The air above Palau's pristine waters smells of salt and breadfruit, and on calm mornings in Koror, Palau's commercial centre, the whirr of dive boat engines echoes across the bay.

From BBC • Nov. 23, 2025

Zhang occasionally tosses in a distant whirr like the kind you hear in sci-fi films denoting an approaching UFO.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2024

Critics argue that the whirr of chopper blades is drowning out the sound of birds, bubbling lava and babbling brooks.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 3, 2023

At an unfinished Country Garden residential complex on the outskirts of the northern Chinese metropolis of Tianjin, construction has slowed to a dull whirr and a few idle workers roam a near-empty site.

From Reuters • Aug. 23, 2023

There was a sort of whirr and then the cardboard box began to move through the water.

From "Wolfie & Fly" by Cary Fagan