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.
She gazed down into the ocean, hypnotized by the swirling tide.
The look of the dish is improved with a swirl of cream. Times, Sunday Times
Their faces light up and eyes twinkle as if there's a current of electricity swirling inside them.
Black crested gulls swirled along the atmosphere; the air was permanently imbued with the scent of salt and fish, fresh or otherwise.
When my pudding arrived I was at first disappointed to see that the custard was just a decorative swirl.
The lure, according to Ginny, is "wholesome Scottish oats, and local recipes like cranachan - a swirl of raspberries, honey and cream sprinkled with toasted oats - or the punchier whisky and honey, that other great Scottish combination. The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
I have seen a girl, perhaps not more than twenty, also lacking textbooks, exercise books, biros, seen her teach the A B C by scratching the letters in the dirt with a stick, while the sun beat down and the dust swirled. Doris Lessing - Nobel Lecture
Some of the resulting works clearly echo organic, generally floral, motifs such as Apsaras, whose swelling blue and green quatrefoils swirl out from a central node.
Swirling robins and starlings competed for the red berries of the barberry and the blue berries of the privet.
As if in echo of national pride at his achievement, the magnificent sound of bagpipes swirled in honour of the Bulgarian champion.
the scene had the swirling vagueness of a painting by Turner
Kaleidoscope fashions with swirling flowers and paisley prints make little chiffon or satin dresses very bold and enticing.
I mean, why is EMMA writing his name in swirly script, like, with LOVE or something, when I am the one who has known him forever? Rules for Secret Keeping
Leaves and loose blades of grass swirled within it too.
Hemmed in by its straightedge boundaries, shining moons and planets of dust would swirl and turn, or glide in, through, and out of the beam's dimensions like miniature ships. I didn't know Nostradamus played in McNamara's band (Novel - excerpt)
A billowing fog of chill air poured out of the door and swirled around Cane's arms and legs as he heedlessly strode forward.
Dark sunglasses graced her face as her black duster jacket swirled in the wind.
Suddenly the wind hit, overtaking the chalet, shaking the wooden balcony out front, and swirling inside, filling the room.
She picked it up, swirled the liquid round, and scried into that. A TIME OF WAR
And from the storm that swirled a formal nakedness took shape, the truth of disguise and the mask of belief were joined forever.
The denser sand on top sinks while light sand on the bottom rises, creating swirling vortices akin to the convection rolls that are common in gases heated from below.
He stirred the tea, fast, some slopped into the saucer as he watched the swirls disappear.
In the past week, rumors swirled around Bangkok about a secret meeting between representatives of the Puea Thai Party and the palace in the Bruneian capital, Bandar Seri Begawan, to strike a deal in case Puea Thai did win the election. Puea Thai's Choice
When the blustering wind and swirling snow make sledding and building snowmen feel like work, ditch your icy mittens and spend the afternoon by a warm stove, sipping hot chocolate and munching on cookies.
Dense smoke swirled and billowed, its rank fumes choking her.
Slightly off-centre, a constant whirlpool swirls and churns turbulently, sometimes spitting up a boiling fount.
Serve with a swirl of double cream. The Sun
The egg should form a neat oval shape as it swirls around. Times, Sunday Times
The men carry short swords in blunt-tipped scabbards slung around their necks, wear their hair in topknots and sport complicated, swirling facial tattoos.
Among the entrées, the dosai is a large crêpe wrapped into a cone shape; lift the crêpe and there is a piece of sea bass done to flaky perfection with a swirl of light chutney.
The sky hung low, a cloudy canvas with swirls of dark purple and stormy greys.
Serve with snipped chives and a swirl of yoghurt mixed with the horseradish sauce. Times, Sunday Times
A breeze stirred through the cusped arches that linked the pillars, and her clothes swirled around her. Shadow Princess
All of this is good news for Carlyle's family of investors, who seem nonplussed by the questions swirling around the firm.
An icy blast of wind from the Arctic swirled down the hillside and froze the skin on his face. He grimaced, hunched his shoulders, and trudged on.
The pair formed a close connection and rumours began swirling round in Tinseltown that they were far more than just colleagues. The Sun
The swirl of rumour includes reports that hold the powerful and influential drug cartels responsible.
Amber giggled and gasped lightly as he swirled her around while tickling her.
The scorer took off to greet the pocket of fans down by the corner flag, swirling his shirt above his head in celebration.
She trudged on through the thick, swirling mist.
Then her eyes started to glow an acid green colour that swirled in her eyes, almost manically. ‘Sweet dreams.’
The film broods over the Oxford monuments, twisting them into a disturbingly fraught pattern of jumbled editing, splitting and screeching noises and swirling, psychedelic visuals.
Is feminity only about asserting yourself as woman when you find yourself left behind in a swirl of progressive women?
The clouds of gas swirled and mixed as their electrons changed polarity, flickering colors that moved with the solar winds of a million suns.
And in the past few weeks, something completely different has emerged: ballpoint on canvas, seas of tiny reptile-like scales, swirling away in the artist's characteristic fashion.
She was standing in the restaurant when the second wave burst in, leaving her knee-deep in swirling, sandy water - but uninjured.
I put down my half full cup of tea back onto the tray and poured some milk into it, swirling it around.
Laurel Canyon (2003), each focused on an innocent young woman swept up in the glamorously baffling sex-and-drugs scene swirling around a charismatic older female artist, the situation here is reversed; unexpectedly drawn in to and fascinated by the ultra-domestic household created by a pair of charismatic femmes, the swinger is the straight man (literally). SF Weekly | Complete Issue
Serve with snipped chives and a swirl of yoghurt mixed with the horseradish sauce. Times, Sunday Times
Cut the oldest out and train the bendier ones into swirls against walls or swagged around banisters. In the garden this week: Tulips and roses
Jove's hair is so kissably soft and fuzzy, much finer than Jaya's and he has the most gorgeous swirl on the back of his head which I've tried to capture here. Tequilamonky Diary Entry
Speculation has swirled around the maker of rail signalling systems for the best part of a year. Times, Sunday Times
A swirl of water and a ` cloop! 'and the May-fly was visible no more. The Wind in the Willows
I have seen a girl – perhaps not more than 20, also lacking textbooks, exercise books, biros – teach the ABC by scratching the letters in the dirt with a stick, while the sun beat down and the dust swirled. Doris lessing | a hunger for books « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground
Local residents told protestors how they woke to find smoke from the blaze swirling through their homes.
The music thumps in his ears as the wind and other cars speed by in a swirl of motion and color.
Poorly protected from the Pacific Ocean, chill winds and dense fog-banks whistled and swirled sadly across the sand-dunes. CHAPTER XXI
The bold foreshortening and the swirling draperies create an intensely dramatic composition.
The word that had been swirling round his head at last found release on his slurring lips. DREAMS OF INNOCENCE
The least accessible track is the second, which takes a dense swirl of autoharp and guitar notes and slowly submerges them in an organ drone that rises over the course of 12 minutes.
She swirled the ice-cold liquid around her mouth.
Serious restaurants will use crystal stemware of sufficient size to allow swirling and sniffing, and decanters should also be available for young wines in need of oxidation or old wines with sediment.
His portraits are of heroes, both known and unknown, and his technique relies on a range of influences, including the swirling brushstrokes of Van Gogh, the skillful drawings of Degas and the pop stylings of Peter Max.
Let us keep our fingers crossed and hope that the tide that is swirling about the buckled patent leather pumps of Mr. Speaker sweeps him and her away down the Thames like so much noxious mephitic effluent. They Cannot Send All Of Us To The Gulag
Fakery, fiction and actual recorded history swirl together in this intelligent and readable book.
For added richness, swirl some double cream into the soup just before serving. The Sun
Savage highlighted the ecological destruction caused by a field of 3.5m tons of plastic rubbish trapped and swirling in the north Pacific. Times, Sunday Times
Two quick twelve inch pulls then a huge head appeared quickly engulfing the frog, this was followed by a big boil and swirl.
Smell the tasting sample given to you - swirling it round the glass first if you can. Times, Sunday Times
Blood from Forster's broken body was floating away in clouds, finally swirling in a whirlpool above the drain.
This song started off sounding rather wistful and unobtrusive, but then grew into a psychedelic swirl of beats, voice and guitar that became completely captivating.
Serve hot soup with a swirl of cold sauce. Times, Sunday Times
Lithe and graceful, she was tall with chestnut skin and long black hair that swirled in the backwind of the rotors. Ayelet Zurer Cast as Vittoria Vetra in Angels and Demons - Updated! « FirstShowing.net
One tent was a beautiful crimson with swirls of golden spirals.
Add a dot of cream to each, then swirl with a knife to create a pattern.
And from the endless stories which swirled in her head as character after character passed in front of her for her delectation. SANDS OF TIME
Her head was spinning; the smell of rot and decay intensified, swirled in eddies around her.
My students have designed borders that have clouds, swirls, postage stamps and tessellations.
They'll mimic the great glasscloth backing (or introduce the soft neutral texture if Melissa and Matt decide to go with tan paint) and they're so affordable that they can spring for a few on each side for even more eye-pleasing consistency. creamy tan Ikea curtain panels will perfectly complement the swirly lines of the rug when hung high and wide over the giant windows in the sunroom. RVABlogs
The clothes were deposited in the tub with soap flakes and soda, then swirled around by hand, using a wooden paddle, a long and hot process.
Every issue has a cluster of stories that vary wildly in style and tone, from maundering musings to cold silence, from freehand swirls to suffocating realism.
In front of the prison's thick iron gate, which swirls with razor wire, his lady friend, Debbie, waits to drive him the hundred miles home to Philadelphia.
They do not have the same intricate inner workings of women and they are not unfathomable pools of emotions swirling effervescently in a bubbling turmoil of feelings and needs.
Give the soup a vigorous stir in one direction and slowly pour in the beaten egg to make swirls.
Elsewhere, bright geometric patterns and colourful swirls provided the surface decoration. Times, Sunday Times
Stomach-squeezing fear swirled and melded with hateful memories, growing into a harsh burden too large to fight. Healing the Highlander
The water swirled around the glass, catching little bubbles of air and refusing to allow them to escape.
The rain stops as suddenly as it started but the streets still swirl with water.
White and a pale sort of foamy green swirled together on the walls, and the doors were dark blue, ominous and foreboding pits that threatened to cave in before bad news.
You can see the pattern in which it's swirling, kind of clockwise that way. CNN Transcript Sep 6, 2008
The room welcomed me inside with a sigh and a swirl of dust.
Pour a cup of batter into it and swirl the chatti over his head or almost! Archive 2008-10-01
Through the distorted glass of the windows the flurries of snow continued to dance and swirl, the grey light turning the room to a place of gloom and shadows.
Australians drink coffee in smaller cups, our baristas tend to swirl the milk a little less, and we have completely different terminology.
Lisa Oct 20 the best memory of a cheesecake is the raspberry swirl cheesecake that I frankenstined from other recipes - about 15 years ago, so pre easy lookup on teh interwebs. Mini Pumpkin Cheesecake Pan and a Giveaway! | Baking Bites
The screensaver on the monitor in front of him was swirling silently around, endlessly spinning patterns in front of his eyes. HIDING FROM THE LIGHT
The surface of the mirror began to twist and swirl, distorting Ferik's own image until it had been sucked away completely.
The pair formed a close connection and rumours began swirling round in Tinseltown that they were far more than just colleagues. The Sun
Speculation has swirled around the maker of rail signalling systems for the best part of a year. Times, Sunday Times
Instead, follow the river where it goes, and after a time, when the rapids no longer swirl and bash, you may hire a boatman to take you where you wish.
In fact, every day the array of mass-media fixations is a very big swirl of disconnects.
But that same lure sometimes produces no more than a heavy swirl or splash behind the plug -- meaning the striper is excited but not fooled. Bait and Switch
It may seem like a paradox to lighten a dish with crème fraîche, but a final swirl gives a tangy freshness to the navarin and draws together the disparate flavors in exquisite harmony. Stew's Spring Awakening
Now, who wants some double fudge swirl ice cream?
Gloriana was the tallest of the three, with bright red hair flaming and swirling around her head, and green eyes that flashed impatiently.
With a green carpet, pink and green swirly wallpaper and pink and green check curtains, everything clashed.
If you could visually represent the ebb and flow of my thoughts, you'd find a lot of swirly folded patterns emerging.
We begin with the swirl of the glass to release the aromas, very much part of a winetaster's pre-drink set-up. Times, Sunday Times
Beneath the swirling gray clouds a mass of sharply-peaked rooftops jutted up like a range of mountains.
Top with the asparagus and add a dribble of balsamic vinegar and swirl of olive oil. Times, Sunday Times
Often a piece resembles a pure collage until elements settle into a discernible rhythm pattern or a drumbeat will emerge to anchor the noises swirling around it.
Overhead, uncounted billions of stars, planets, and satellites swirl, creating a heavenly light show that changes every night, and it's one the entire family can share.
‘You're talking rubbish,’ said I, incensed that a flibbertigibbet biscuit such as the pink iced ones with white swirls could be held in higher regard than a Rich Tea which, as any fool knows, is a noble biscuit with real dignity.
He stepped forward and his cloak swirled over the billhook, and he wrapped the fur around the blade and yanked to pull the haft from my grasp. Wildfire
Most compositions are swirling masses of intense orchestration mixed once again with this signature drum 'n' bass lite rhythm programming.
The cold winter air blew in their hair and some snow from the snowdrifts blew up and swirled around them all.
I found a cool swirly design, small enough to fit on an earlobe.
As the room swirled and tumbled around him, Fleet caught only a few quick glimpses of what happened next.
Hector shut his eyes, to see his inner world, a blaze of swirling pearly colours.
Beautiful floral prints, one with large tulips on it, and blue-and-white swirly prints like the ocean, and if you like geometrics, they had those too. Home Living
Then they flew down the circular steps so fast that their little bodies were still spinning like tops as they swirled out the front door and into the yard.
Bodywrappers offers lightweight crushed (panne) velvet jazz pants and, if your school doesn't specify ‘black only,’ you may want to check out the hand-dyed jazz pants in lilac, royal, and white swirls from Watercolours.
Then you let it free and swirl it around your bath. The Sun
Small, blocky shapes of towns, fields, and pastures surround the graceful swirls and whorls of the Mississippi River.
She flushed the toilet, and we all three stood there crowded into the little bathroom and watched the water swirl and kerplunk down the drainpipe and gurgle as the bowl and tank refilled themselves. "The Misses Moses," from my collection Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives (Norton 2010)
Dig through the holiday stash, pull out a swirly glass ornament.
She longed for the gorgeousness of silk, the softness of cashmere, for swirly prints and tropical colour and dangling earrings and drama. LOOKING FOR THE SPARK
Get a wok very hot, add the remaining oil and quickly swirl it round. Times, Sunday Times
I learned to chew on my left side, and eat only soft foods such as ice cream, rarely touching true solids, like swirls.
Out of the eerie, swirling opening chords a distinctive descending tune emerges, plucked on an acoustic guitar. Times, Sunday Times
She came out of the small station, the smoke from the departing train billowed across the lane, parting and swirling about the bare hawthorns.
Kaleidoscope fashions with swirling flowers and paisley prints make little chiffon or satin dresses very bold and enticing.
When the first ship entered, it stirred up dust into a swirl.
They had gone a deep, depthless green-black, swirling like the ocean in a storm.
An elaborate mantelpiece framed the hearth in a dizzying array of swirls and curlicues, and a tall grandfather clock lurked in the corner like a brooding sentry, counting out the seconds with a gloomy tock, tock, tock.
When all goes well, the delicate white swirls form a heart or a fernlike leaf called a "rosetta. Foam Sweet Foam: 'Latte Art'
Juliet Dunn is another designer who has sharpened up the caftan by using diamanté or sequins alongside the expected swirls of embroidery.
‘No, Michigan,’ I answered, noticing a vortex, or slight swirl of the fog, forming at his black leather brogans.
She sprinkled a teaspoonful of powdered non-dairy creamer into the coffee and watched the crystals explode into tiny pale swirls.
The bank at this point stood over a slow swirling eddy of water about 18 inches deep.
Savage highlighted the ecological destruction caused by a field of 3.5m tons of plastic rubbish trapped and swirling in the north Pacific. Times, Sunday Times
It sees storm clouds torn from their moorings and smashed against the ground with a minutely escalating, hissing swirl of arterial spray, then morphing into a jackhammer pulse.
They were close, very close, the smooth surface of the water already beginning to swirl and roughen as they approached the sharp, underwater rocks. A Sorcerous Mist
I grew up in the midst of a swirling world of linotype machines and printing presses, promotions, weekly deadlines, and an unending parade of local politicians and merchants.
Look at that smile, the way he casually, almost cruelly swirls the snifter in his hand.
There was a disappointed frown on her brow as the swirling symphony of notes surrounded us.
Dust swirled up in the light winds, and the vegetation, from what grass there was to the leaves on the casaran trees, was tinged with brown or tan. Alector's Choice
Australians drink coffee in smaller cups, our baristas tend to swirl the milk a little less, and we have completely different terminology.
Five smaller horizontal paintings on fiberboard are the more resolved of the two series as they suggest the controlled bonding of a swirling, viscous substance to a smooth surface.
Taking a deep breath, he went back to his desk and stared at the screensaver swirling silently in the corner. HIDING FROM THE LIGHT
Serve with a swirl of double cream. The Sun
The outfit was a beautiful midnight blue dress, with spaghetti straps and faint white swirls working their way through in an exotic pattern.
Vernon and I were starving, our bodies tense; then relaxing as our tongues swirled around the mozzarella cucina and the hot antipasto, our breathing quickening as we devoured the clams oreganato, stuffed mushrooms, eggplant rollantini, and artichoke hearts. A Kettle of Vultures
I dropped into the water and was immediately surrounded by a swirling shoal of tiny sprats.
Swirling dresses, and powdered wigs adorned the ladies, and the men wore tailcoats of beautiful silk.
Serve with a sprinkle of chopped parsley and a swirl of cream.
Elsewhere, bright geometric patterns and colourful swirls provided the surface decoration. Times, Sunday Times
The pans were held in both hands and swirled around to separate gold particles from the dirt.
Then, of course, there was the controversy swirling around Bush's DOJ in 2008 after revelations surfaced that it had "deselected" nearly AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
They want to voice the thoughts and feelings that are swirling around inside them. Why am I Afraid to Grieve
Kylie got a mochaccino with a caramel swirl, which seemed more like ice cream than coffee to Rose, who had a frothy café au lait. When Rose Wakes
The yellow and red leaves are swirling down, the rain mizzles, the soft white sky is soothing after months of harsh sunlight.
Uncle Drew, a wildcatter from Oklahoma, swirled his very wet tongue in his very wet mouth. Three Stages of Amazement
Amid the strobing lights and gyrating mass of bodies, she moved to the pulses and swirls in the music.
Street stalls of changers, merchants with money; crates unloading - fish, sugar - by Spaniards and Danes; dragomen emitting unrecognizable tongues: such swirl over Charles in our genre-esque scene.
But around them swirl the mists of conjecture and pure fantasy that the learned judge has to cut through. Times, Sunday Times
During the performance, like are blooming, like colorful butterflies swirling.
The song ascends into an atmospheric ending that feels like the swirls that a major crush produces in the center of your chest, spinning color wheels that could burst from your throat at any second.
It swirled around the ring before gracefully dropping into the hoop.
I used the same cookie recipe as I did for the swirl chip cookies, only I doubled it, then separated the dough in fourths using about 1 cup of chopped candy/chips in each. Archive 2008-06-01
The Wheel Spins Freely Sat in your leather armchair, you find yourself in the bay window of suburbia where sunshine casts friendly shadows as you turn the newspaper's brilliant page and only the hum of Sunday traffic seeping through the open window competes with the tick of the clock when the door explodes and your howling child throws himself before you and offers up the severed wheel from a favourite toy and demands through lime-green snot and salmon-pink eyes for you to intervene (as if you were some god whose powers extended to the very edges of knowing what living is like but by candlelight feared the devil in the mirror) and so you hold that severed wheel from a favourite toy and somewhere on the other side of the Universe you feel the numbed heart of a star collapse and die and you realise the swirl of the grain of the floorboards is the fingerprint of a WN.com - Articles related to '3 Idiots' triumphs at IIFA; Vidya, Kareena are best actresses
He picked up one of the jars and swirled it round, watching the contents move in a slow danse macabre. THE LAST TEMPTATION
Brands like Hennessy have also helped push the variety of traditional cocktails based on Cognac into customer's minds, but somehow, the stodgy old image of snifters and swirling still sticks in many minds.
The cross-currents of various conversations seem to be swirling around me.
Violeta Went to Heaven Chile-Argentina-Brazil/World Dramatic; Director: AndrÃ©s Wood; Screenwriter: Eliseo Altunaga; Producer: Patricio Pereira This film tells the story of famed Chilean singer and folklorist Violeta Parra, tracing her evolution from impoverished child to international sensation and Chile's national hero, while capturing the swirling intensity of her inner contradictions, fallibilities and passions. S.J. Main: Latino Themed Movies Take the Spotlight at Sundance Film Festival: Mosquita y Mari
Opening another can of cat food, Clyde added it to the slop overflowing the bowl, scaring up a swirl of flies. DO NO HARM
Fountains leap up into the light, the spray struck through with rainbows falling in crystalline baptism upon flowering shrubs -- then rolling down through channels of marble, and widening out here and there into pools swirling with the finny tribes of foreign aquariums, bordered with scarlet anemones, hypericums, and many-colored ranunculi. New Tabernacle Sermons
The cross-currents of various conversations seem to be swirling around me.
The mud then spews under the Gapstow Bridge to become a muddy slough that inundates a good part of The Pond, leaving the rest of The Pond aswirl with oil slicks, sludge, and Dixie cups.
Such rumours have swirled for more than a year although no hard evidence has emerged. Times, Sunday Times
The bright colours of their clothing swirled as they danced through the tree-lined avenues of their city.
Apple Crumble consists of brown sugar ice cream with cinnamon streusel, apples and a caramel swirl.
Even the teleporter has been upgraded -- say goodbye to the "speckle" and hello to the "swirl. Local News from Sarasota Herald-Tribune
When truly hot, add the butter and oil and swirl around to line the dish or pan.
The desert dust kicked up swirls up into a impenetrable smoke screen.
Still cooling his anger from earlier that morning, thoughts of ungratefulness and indecency swirled in his mind.
With their harmony vocals, swirling Hammond organ, and wah-wah guitar, they soon became known as the Beach Boys of hard rock.
From the back pocket of her jeans, she takes a smooth polished stone, shades of pale green swirled inside it like ocean waves.
Sour cream swirls: swirl a dollop of sour cream or yogurt into thick soups.
It was all a mad swirl, a crazed delirium of plunging horses and shouts in the darkness, but somehow they formed a line.

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