Read full poem →Or, as Ixion fix'd, the wretch shall feel
The giddy motion of the whirling mill,
In fumes of burning chocolate shall glow,
Dictionary Entry
To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
In a Sentence
“The dancer whirled across the stage, stopped, and whirled around to face the audience.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
around whirlinground whirling. whirlingmotion whirling
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Poetry examples for “whirling”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →their fiery way,
All their. planets whirling round them, flash a
Read full poem →To Cooney Potter a pillar of dust
Or whirling leaves meant ruinous drouth;
They looked to me like Red-Head Sammy
Read full poem →Until I saw at last
This dancer by the whirling dancers cast
Face full against a mirrored panel where
Read full poem →And a pair of moments after
Was the whirling guess I made,--
And the wind was like a whip
Read full poem →Scholars at your study; hunters
Lost amid the whirling winter's
Whiteness uniform;
Read full poem →We, the Wise Brothers?
Companioned by the whirling spheres,
Have we no more than what appears--
Read full poem →Till the treacherous pool
Ingulfs them in its whirling
And turbulent ocean.
Read full poem →The cataract, whirling down the precipice,
Elbows down rocks and, shouldering, thunders through.