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whirlwind

adjective

Definition of whirlwindnext
as in rapid
moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed after a whirlwind romance of only a few weeks, the couple decided to get married

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Recent Examples of whirlwind The two of them had a whirlwind couple of months, stopping by the Coachella stage to play with Karol G and hitting the World Cup opening ceremony for a headline-making performance. — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 10 Aug. 2026 Zelenskyy made the request directly to Trump in an Oval Office meeting this week during his whirlwind trip to Washington, according to one person familiar with the matter. — Lisa Mascaro, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026 August 1968 was quite the whirlwind month for the blond, blue-eyed Peaker, who was finishing up on 20th Century Fox’s adaptation of Hello, Dolly! — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 27 July 2026 Did my college buddy who drove up from Baltimore bargain for a whirlwind circuit of my objectively not-that-interesting Delaware town? — Rafaela Jinich, The Atlantic, 26 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for whirlwind
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whirlwind
  1. rapid
  2. brisk
  3. quick
  4. fast
  5. galloping
Adjective
  • Mohamed al-Bukhaiti, a member of the Houthis' political bureau, said Washington reached out to the rebels after their rapid advance down Yemen's western coast to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait earlier this month.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Now, with growing bipartisan opposition to the rapid buildout of data centers suggest that even ordinary residents of communities and voters have increased power to help pace the frontier from the bottom up.
    — Bhaskar Chakravorti, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of rapid
Adjective
  • Fall in Europe brings with it brisk temperatures that make sightseeing an utter joy, thinner crowds that leave room for locals, and an opportunity to experience cities in their most authentic light.
    — Jessica Sulima, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Travelers willing to brave the brisk ocean winds are rewarded with quieter beaches, fewer visitors, and generally lower lodging rates.
    — Sierra Vandervort, Travel + Leisure, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of brisk
Adjective
  • Descano’s team has claimed prosecutions are pointless when the government’s own experts corroborate the insanity defense, while critics say his office is too quick to accept defendants’ narratives without a jury.
    — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Dog grooming tips like these show that grooming your dog at home can go well beyond a quick wipe-down.
    — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of quick
Adjective
  • Success won’t be determined by who adopts AI the fastest or deploys post-quantum cryptography first.
    — Evgeny Gervis, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Everyone wants to be fast, but most times the big laughs come from coming in at the right time as opposed to coming in quickly.
    — Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of fast
Adjective
  • As his health faded in the last year of his life, Neruda rushed to finish his story, which gives the last chapters of his book a galloping, fragmented quality.
    — Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 25 June 2021
  • Designed by renowned architect Dominique Perrault, its four stories tilting forward are said to evoke a galloping horse.
    — Rob Hodgetts at Longchamp, CNN, 15 Oct. 2019
Definition of galloping

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“Whirlwind.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whirlwind. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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