swirled; swirling; swirls
1
a
: to move with an eddying or whirling motion
swirling water
b
: to pass in whirling confusion
2
: to have a twist or convolution
: to cause to swirl
swirled her drink
Examples of swirl in a Sentence
Verb
The water swirled around the drain.
kept swirling her lemonade until the ice had melted and it was completely watered down
Noun
A swirl of smoke rose from the chimney.
He painted swirls of color on the canvas.
ice cream with chocolate swirls
Recent Examples on the Web
Jason Parham, WIRED, 27 Apr. 2024
Meanwhile, speculation continued to swirl whether the 49ers might trade Samuel, a more likely candidate than Aiyuk since the first-round collateral had been spent Thursday.
—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 26 Apr. 2024
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Verb
World Wide Whack is exactly that, a funhouse of fantasy and swirling originality.
—Jason Parham, WIRED, 27 Apr. 2024
Meanwhile, speculation continued to swirl whether the 49ers might trade Samuel, a more likely candidate than Aiyuk since the first-round collateral had been spent Thursday.
—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 26 Apr. 2024
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“Swirl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swirl. Accessed 5 May. 2024.
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swirl
1 of 2 noun1
: a whirling mass or motion : eddy
2
: whirling confusion
lost in the swirl of events
3
: a twisting shape, mark, or pattern
swirl
2 of 2 verb1
: to move with or pass in a swirl
2
: to be marked with or arranged in swirls
3
: to cause to swirl
swirlingly
adverb
ˈswər-liŋ-lē
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