noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
whirlwind romance (= one that happens very suddenly and quickly )
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Michelle married him after a whirlwind romance .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
romance
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It was a whirlwind romance , all right, and nobody could talk any sense into Freda.
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They had a whirlwind romance , and after a few months she'd started hinting for a ring.
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She was introduced to Harry last summer by her younger sister, Michelle, and married him after a whirlwind romance .
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But at Eindhoven the organisation was unable to prevent fraternisation between the two sides leaping from mutual suspicion into whirlwind romance .
tour
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Find out what happened overleaf A whirlwind tour of Sixties fashion.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A black whirlwind , they fill the air with the click of leathery wings as they spiral through the trees.
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Caring for a new baby is a breathless whirlwind , leaving no time for reassessment of self.
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From the very first moment of her return to the vicarage Ruth was caught up in a whirlwind of work.
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In the early days it was seen as bringing a whirlwind of well-paid high-technology jobs to an area of record unemployment.
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Living in Manhattan is such a whirlwind .
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She moved round the flat like a whirlwind , and in minutes she was in her light raincoat.
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Sophie saw through the whirlwind from the very start.