How to Use whirl in a Sentence

whirl

1 of 2 verb
  • The cars were whirling around the track.
  • The water whirled around the drain.
  • Clothes were whirling in the washing machine.
  • Her dance partner whirled her around.
  • Dick took one look and whirled in mid-air.
    — Dolores Brown, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026
  • The whole novel seems to whirl around that fact.
    — Diana Arterian, Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The video then cuts to two Apache helicopters whirling up.
    — Jack Dunn, Variety, 2 May 2026
  • The jaguar growled, whirled and bit off the protruding head of the arrow.
    — Delbert L. Chears, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Here it gets whirled with Parmesan and a handful of herbs that take it to the next level.
    — Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Dec. 2025
  • The young Mikaela, responding to the fights whirling around her, began to lash out in turn.
    — Holden Seidlitz, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Sometimes hawks rise above Helm’s whirling bar cloud – opportunists.
    — Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Comedians do dirty late-night acts for adults; aerialists whirl here and there.
    — Fran Golden, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2026
  • The long and tumultuous last movement opens with a volley of percussion and brass amid whirling strings.
    — Lisa Hirsch, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Admittedly, on its best day, Penn Station feels like a whirling dervish.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
  • Raw young trees stood in concrete planters between the parking spaces and the wind was often whirling through their naked branches.
    — Rachel Cusk, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2025
  • There will be a huge tornado in whirling fabric and a room dedicated to Oz.
    — Laura Bannister, Curbed, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Dru Smith remains a whirling dervish on defense, delivering three more steals.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 27 Dec. 2025
  • The whirling metal blades dominate the front yard with more frenzy movements than a four-year-old rushing to the bathroom.
    — Chris John Amorosino, Hartford Courant, 13 Mar. 2026
  • All that was whirling around my head one night when Mark Tamburino started playing this guitar part.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
  • After a Joey Estes fastball came near his head, Robles whirled around and chucked his bat at the pitcher.
    — Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
  • These men, these whirling arms, are framing what’s to come, feeding the presses, day after day, pounding stories into brains.
    — Literary Hub, 8 Dec. 2025
  • Lensky, danced by Wei Wang, steals your heart while whirling through impossible pirouette sequences.
    — Rachel Howard, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Jan. 2026
  • They got engaged, and later married during the set, surrounded by the artist and whirling revelers.
    — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 10 Feb. 2026
  • It's got a microphone, and a few years ago scientists reported hearing the sounds of a whirling dust devil passing over the rover.
    — Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Before Kate could respond, Emily whirled around and disappeared inside the house.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
  • Here, a whirling mass of robots stamp out roofs, fenders, and hoods, which are automatically stored in soaring racks overhead.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2025
  • On and on the section goes, a whirling fifty-page stretch of disorientation and disintegration.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Back on electric guitar, Beck spun a whirling dervish in front of Outwater, spitting in rapid fire fashion later.
    — Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Here, the tarantella is by turns gleeful and demonic — a frantic dance of the doomed, whirling through a mist of contemporary clangor.
    — Justin Davidson, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
  • With the Splash Into Summer there, there were several sprinklers whirling around near several parts of the path giving people a chance to cool off.
    — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026

whirl

2 of 2 noun
  • My head was in a whirl.
  • Frigatebirds whirl down to snap squid mid-air.
    — Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Here are a few picks from us, so give you can give the trend a whirl.
    — Kaitlin Menza, House Beautiful, 6 Nov. 2019
  • Up to one side is the whirl’s edge, open sky, a brilliant moon.
    — Anthony Lydgate, WIRED, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Or feel free to give it a whirl on your own to make a yummy drink.
    — Isis Briones, House Beautiful, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Stop in for a drink at the bar, or just take a whirl around the lobby.
    — Valerie Fraser Luesse, Southern Living, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Shouting over the whirl of a loud motor is a thing of the past.
    — Popular Mechanics, 16 July 2021
  • Sach acquires a head for numbers and leads the gang on a roulette whirl.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2019
  • Without caution, that whirl could’ve caused whiplash.
    — Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2025
  • En route from front to back, diners pass a semi-open kitchen and a whirl of cooks.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Think of it as a whirl of happy hours on steroids, often with a check attached.
    — Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Ready to give the botanical active a whirl?
    — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Exotic spices, too, and a sweet whirl of caramel, toffee, and fudge.
    — Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 30 Apr. 2021
  • Rollins fought back with a series of chops, but was caught in a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026
  • The crunch is akin to snack mix; my brain initially bucks at the whirl of flavors but then wants more.
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2021
  • Bill Belichick, creative and crafty, once had Tebow in for a whirl.
    — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 4 May 2021
  • One last whirl around the world for this unmatched identical twin doubles team.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 11 July 2020
  • The two screwed up a tilt-a-whirl spot, but Breakker made up for it with a standing moonsault.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026
  • Olympic debut in 2014, he was caught up in whirl of celebrity.
    — David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Feb. 2022
  • One sits in a whirl at one’s desk thinking of drawing, writing, walking in the woods.
    — Patricia Highsmith, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2021
  • The river is veiled with mist, and the water foams and whirls with driftwoods after a heavy rain.
    — John Branch Adam Stoltman, New York Times, 14 July 2023
  • Fenix no-sold a tilt-a-whirl DDT and came back with a spinning kick.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • After promising rock ‘n roll, the rest of the teaser is a whirl of teenagers having a good time.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 June 2023
  • Just give the wheel a whirl, and you'll be served up a What to Watch suggestion.
    — Ew Staff, EW.com, 21 Sep. 2021
  • And by no means does a whirl of the island via your stomach limit you to plush, tasting-menu joints.
    — Rosalyn Wikeley, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Yates punched the air, running back and forth across the stage and propelling into leaps and whirls.
    — Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Water vortices, such as whirlpools, are little water whirls that spin around.
    — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
  • One large whirl captured by an infrared camera shows a thin tendril snaking high above the rest of the flames.
    — Lila Seidman, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Aug. 2021
  • The blaze generated a massive fire whirl over the weekend that sent smoke and flames aloft.
    — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2021
  • What better time to dust off your form-fitting bottoms and give them another whirl?
    — India Roby, Glamour, 8 June 2026

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