I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
mist swirls (= moves in circles )
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The boat disappeared into the swirling mist.
swirling fog (= which blows around )
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She could not see through the swirling fog.
swirling snow (= blowing around as it falls )
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It was difficult to see in the swirling snow.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
around
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Sensual pleasure had been swirling around her.
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Snowflakes swirl around in front of my window, and slowly, imperceptibly, they mat down the leaves and the grass.
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Oil gushed out and swirled around his feet.
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Simon swirled around in his seat.
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The starlings were disturbed, swirling around in S-shapes and parabolas and unexpected clusters.
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They kept quite still, although all the commotion of the station swirled around them.
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The three ships swirled around my ship, neatly bracketing it as they matched its speed.
round
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Greeny-brown water swirled round and through gaps in the wood, which was broken and jagged like rotten teeth.
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Splintered wood and shoes swirling round and round.
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Both sides fought with abandon, crimson water swirling round their knees.
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The noises swirl round me, but it don't bother me.
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I, m just water swirling round them and they're too busy to feel me.
■ NOUN
water
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Greeny-brown water swirled round and through gaps in the wood, which was broken and jagged like rotten teeth.
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Both sides fought with abandon, crimson water swirling round their knees.
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Between her feet, water swirled down the plughole, taking red and black threads of blood and dirt with it.
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The water swirled cold round her feet, and she had lost sight of Adam.
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Silvery water swirled beneath and we spied grey wag tails on wet boulders in mid-stream.
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I, m just water swirling round them and they're too busy to feel me.
wind
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Just gray skies, continuing strong winds , and swirling deep snow.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Swirl butter into the sauce.
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Dust swirled like smoke in the evening sunshine.
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Jessie's pale dress swirled round her slender ankles.
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Reports that the company is in trouble continue to swirl .
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The ice cubes swirled down the drain.
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The wind swirling around the tree had blown all the snow away from its trunk.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Add a dot of cream to each, then swirl with a knife to create a pattern.
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As the submersible glides over them, clouds of orange dust rise, swirl about, and slowly drift back down.
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George said something perfectly right about the wine, swirling it in the high-stemmed tulip glass.
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Robert was duly acquitted, but the mystery swirled on.
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She toyed with it with her fork, pushing it slowly around the plate, swirling it into patterns.
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Smoke swirled out of the grass next to the first few Hueys.
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The three ships swirled around my ship, neatly bracketing it as they matched its speed.
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The traffic swirled by on the splashing road.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Leaving behind the familiar phrasings, Coltrane began to produce swirls of sound and visceral shrieks that puzzled and angered music critics.
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Pipe the chocolate into swirls over the chocolate-coated truffles.
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The sky hung low, a cloudy canvas with swirls of dark purple and stormy greys.
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The wind had strengthened, and there was more rain too, blowing in swirls.
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They're inconsequential swirls, all wah wah pedal and no tune.
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To follow Bavarian creams and chocolate chestnut swirl .