Read full poem →scream, prevented me. The tears ran from my eyes as I remained silent.
After a while it all became just a whirlpool, a jumble, and there was only
the deadly possibility of being there forever. Finally, like something jerked
Dictionary Entry
A swirling body of water.
In a Sentence
“A whirlpool is an instance of a vortex produced by ocean tides, or by a hole underneath where the water would drain out, such as in a bathtub.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
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Poetry examples for “whirlpool”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →He passed the stages of his age and youth
Entering the whirlpool.
Gentile or Jew
Read full poem →As the dark caverns of the deep
Suck the wild whirlpool in,
So did the deep and darksome pass
Read full poem →Why a Tongue impress'd with honey from every wind?
Why an Ear, a whirlpool fierce to draw creations in?
Why a Nostril wide inhaling terror trembling & affright
Read full poem →Why a Tongue impress'd with honey from every wind?
Why an Ear, a whirlpool fierce to draw creations in?
Why a Nostril wide inhaling terror trembling & affright