[
UK
/swˈɜːl/
]
[ US /ˈswɝɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈswɝɫ/ ]
NOUN
- the shape of something rotating rapidly
VERB
- flow in a circular current, of liquids
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turn in a twisting or spinning motion
The leaves swirled in the autumn wind
How To Use swirl In A Sentence
- It was mid autumn and the leaves were already starting to swirl around me as a harsher wind blew, creating almost a curtain of color each time the breeze came.
- Several questions ran through our heads as we made our way past the numerous coffee shops and bundled up against the swirling winds the port city is known for.
- If caramel-cinnamon ice cream is good like Haagen Dazs Cinnamon Dulce de Leche, than adding a "streusel" swirl and cinnamon bun dough would *have* to be better! Movies, Ice Cream & the GIMP
- It looked very old and traced with lacy patterns of swirls, vines, and flowers, but it wasn't just white or just black; it was a twisted mixture of both black and white.
- Smell the tasting sample given to you - swirling it round the glass first if you can. Times, Sunday Times
- Don't know what was wrong - the wind was swirly and the roads were in slippery condition, but the main problem was heavy legs.
- You enter a lobby lined with great slabs of marble, swirled with honey and caramel. Times, Sunday Times
- asked the Countess, as a stately chaconne swirled up from ground level. THE RIVAL QUEENS: A COUNTESS ASHBY DE LA ZOUCHE MYSTERY
- The film is a swirling mass of themes, ideas and incident. Times, Sunday Times
- I remember saying at the time that the swirly water looked as if God had washed his brushes out after painting the sky.