awhirl

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English

Etymology

From a- +‎ whirl.

Pronunciation

Adjective

awhirl (comparative more awhirl, superlative most awhirl)

  1. Whirling.
    • 1866, Christina Rossetti, The Prince’s Progress and Other Poems,‎, London: Macmillan, page 104:
      […] did you think
      I was so fair when we played boy and girl,
      Where blue forget-me-nots bloomed on the brink
      Of our stream which the mill-wheel sent awhirl?
    • 1922, E R[ücker] Eddison, chapter 3, in The Worm Ouroboros‎, London: Jonathan Cape, page 34:
      The music rippled and ran and the dancers danced till the hall was awhirl with the rhythm of their dancing,
    • 2013, Richard Flanagan, The Narrow Road to the Deep North‎, London: Vintage Books, page 167:
      Dorrigo’s mind was awhirl with how he would get out of Warradale without permission, where he would find a vehicle, where they might secretly meet.
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