Used in a Sentence

swirling

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for swirling.

Editorial note

Because you know, it's just a plane falling out of the sky straight into the swirling ocean...caught on video.

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Definitions2
Parts of speech2

Quick take

A pattern or motion that swirls.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of swirling gathered in one view.

noun

A pattern or motion that swirls.

adjective

that swirls

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for swirling.

Example sentences

1

Because you know, it's just a plane falling out of the sky straight into the swirling ocean...caught on video.

2

Carefully balancing swirling dependencies of doom doesn't make you a great programmer, at least not in the world of large-scale systems.

3

Choosing the right design to avoid or eliminate those swirling dependencies is much more important.

4

We're all just holes looking into this swirling miasma of time/space/parallel-dimensions/etc, seeing shadows of holes.

5

Sticking an icepick up someone's nose, into their brain, and swirling it around in there used to be considered ethical as well.

6

The modern mix of viruses swirling around the bee populations are probably not helped by commercial movement of colonies around the country.

7

This involves big hairy lock graphs where locks are held across complex operations that may involve other locks, and swirling dependencies of doom.

8

There is so much hate towards the teacher's unions swirling about these days.

9

It doesn't make it any better but it's pretty remarkable what some chemicals swirling around in our brains can do to us as humans.

10

That's fine, and I even agree -- perhaps nobody should venture into the swirling dependencies of doom territory with multi-threaded programming.

11

This is very similar to one of the reports swirling before.

12

Putting some principles I've had swirling around my head for a while trying to learn into concrete writing just solidifies it.

Quote examples

1

"Low copy number" DNA analysis has had a degree of controversy swirling over it.

2

It conjures to mind some jerk swirling cheap booze in a glass saying "mmm yes how pathetic the plebes" and then waiting for their next r/atheists post to get upvoted.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use swirling in a sentence?

Because you know, it's just a plane falling out of the sky straight into the swirling ocean...caught on video.

What does swirling mean?

A pattern or motion that swirls.

What part of speech is swirling?

swirling is commonly used as noun, adjective.