whir
Example Sentences
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It might whir like an e-bike and look like an e-bike, but that electric cycle sitting in the garage might not technically be an e-bike, or even be street legal, in California.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Golf cart-like vehicles guide tourists through a whir of mechanical arms and machines die casting, stamping and assembling car bodies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 4, 2026
"I have to import from overseas," 23-year-old Dinh, who only gave one name, explained over the whir of heavy machinery.
From Barron's • Dec. 16, 2025
A whir of arms, a flick of his wrist, and the ball has hit you before you know it.
From BBC • Jun. 22, 2025
The sound of the machine had grown suddenly louder, changing from a whir to a roar.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
Vocabulary lists containing whir
Lawn Boy
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