whirr

Example Sentences

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Forklifts whirr along, pallets laden with red, white and fizz.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

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

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

For years after she arrived in Sweden as a refugee in 1992, the whirr of helicopters made her instinctively want to run for cover.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 14, 2022

It almost took my breath away and I leaned over and switched on the fan, hearing its sudden whirr.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison