Thesaurus / whirs
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On this page you'll find 10 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to whirs, such as: sound, fly, swish, hum, move, and vibrate.
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She dashes her sentences with inarticulate whirs and whistles, and countless pious interjections: Gracias Dios!
SPANISH HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYSKATHARINE LEE BATESAnd now—eight years after—'Mahbin Mill hums and whirs more merrily than ever.
CAMPAIGNING WITH CROOK AND STORIES OF ARMY LIFECHARLES KINGAt that moment he heard the whistle of a train, and between the whirs of the wind he heard the tinkle of the signal bell.
A SON OF HAGARSIR HALL CAINEIt whirs and buzzes and backs and starts and whirs and buzzes over and over again.
TURNS ABOUT TOWNROBERT CORTES HOLLIDAYThe commander drops his plate, shouts a short, crisp command, and an electric alarm whirs inside the egg-shell.
AIRCRAFT AND SUBMARINESWILLIS J. ABBOT.As we get up from under the live-oak, a stumpy-bodied little grasshopper whirs away in front of us.
INSECT STORIESVERNON L. KELLOGGWhen an airplane whirs along, its propeller fans the air backward all the time.
COMMON SCIENCECARLETON W. WASHBURNEThe whirs of the insects suggested a ceaselessly active mentality.
THE GARDEN OF ALLAHROBERT HICHENSSuddenly a twelve-pound shell whirs above the tree-tops, and tears up the ground at their feet.
THE LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF JAMES A. GARFIELDEMMA ELIZABETH BROWN