欧博abgWhir Definition, Meaning & Usage
Small grass bucks and hares bounded past me; birds came whirring by. "African Camp Fires" by Stewart Edward White
A partridge or two whirred across the path from copse to meadow. "Jaffery" by William J. Locke
You saw him leaning on the plow handle to watch the whirring flight of a partridge across the meadow. "Half Portions" by Edna Ferber
The heat, the whir of the machines, the heaviness of the atmosphere, and the lint are at first overpowering to a visitor. "Making Both Ends Meet" by Sue Ainslie Clark and Edith Wyatt
But as the night thickened there had been a whirring in the air not far away. "The Forest Runners" by Joseph A. Altsheler
Red squirrels, in all directions, alternately whirred their rattles and chattered in an ecstasy of rage. "The Silent Places" by Steward Edward White
In the street below the narrow windows surface cars whirred to and fro and clanged their bells. "Winnie Childs" by C. N. Williamson
The clock whirred before striking the hour. "Prose Fancies" by Richard Le Gallienne
Suddenly there was a rapid, rushing sound in the rear; a whirring echo; a suppressed cry, and a heavy splash far below. "Idle Hour Stories" by Eugenia Dunlap Potts
Spin, sing with humming whir, the wheel goes round and round. "The Little Colonel's Hero" by Annie Fellows Johnston