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Recent Examples of whorlThis action stirs up sediments and millimeter-scale organisms like brine shrimp and mayfly larvae, and generates miniature tornado-like whorls that spiral upward.—New Atlas, 15 May 2025 Other rare finds at the site include a small bronze panther, a mosaic glass spindle whorl, and a tuff — or rock — votive, according to the release.—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2025 Parents often look down at the whorl on the top of their children’s heads and wonder what, exactly, is going on inside.—Janet Manley, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025 But in Chile 28 percent of kids had a counterclockwise whorl.—Bethany Brookshire, Scientific American, 31 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for whorl
Gentle sweeps and curves are better than straight rows that merely repeat the legal lines of your property boundaries.
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Neil Sperry,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Sep. 2025
The abode is deliberately sculptural, with sweeping curves that echo the contours of the surrounding cliffs and emulate the rhythm of the Mediterranean below.
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