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1. whirling
noun. ['ˈwɝːlɪŋ, ˈhwɝːlɪŋ'] the act of rotating in a circle or spiral.
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Rhymes with Whirling
- eurosterling
- unfurling
- twirling
- swirling
- swerling
- stirling
- sterling
- spurling
- sperling
- yearling
- werling
- pearling
- hurling
- herling
- gerling
- durling
- curling
- burling
- berling
- erling
Sentences with whirling
1. Adjective
The rotor unit disperses the sound of the speaker to create a whirling effect.
2. Verb, gerund or present participle
Turn on the magnetic stirrer, slowly adjusting the speed until the mixture is whirling around inside the flask.
Quotes about whirling
1. I turned silences and nights into words. What was unutterable, I wrote down. I made the whirling world stand still.
- Arthur Rimbaud, A Season in Hell/The Drunken Boat
2. Fever jumped aside just in time to dodge the shower of urine, and stumbled into the path of a religious procession - celebrants in robes and pointed hats whirling and clapping and chanting the name of some old-world prophet, 'Hari, Hari! Hari Potter!'
- Philip Reeve, Fever Crumb
3. To preserve the silence within--amid all the noise. To remain open and quiet, a moist humus in the fertile darkness where the rain falls and the grain ripens--no matter how many tramp across the parade ground in whirling dust under an arid sky.
- Dag Hammarskjöld, Markings
