Whirring is an English word with synonyms like noisy or whir. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Whirring meaning
A whirr, the sounds of a whirr.
Using Whirring
- The main meaning on this page is: A whirr, the sounds of a whirr.
- Useful related words include: noisy, whir, whirr, birr.
- In the example corpus, whirring often appears in combinations such as: the whirring, whirring of, whirring and.
Context around Whirring
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 10 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Whirring
- In this selection, "whirring" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, contemplative, makes, driers, fans, noise and ball stand out and add context to how "whirring" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include advertising are whirring themselves towards and all the whirring and whizzing. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "whirring" sits close to words such as aapi, aarey and abdulai, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with whirring
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They noticed a strong smell of cannabis and heard the sound of whirring fans. (14 words)
It’s all cyclical; Ribeiro’s voice fades out and leaves only this contemplative whirring. (15 words)
It’ll be nice to reconnect over the sound of swords clashing and spells whirring by. (16 words)
But Simon, a whirring ball of energy who intersperses normal conversation with magic tricks, is happy to share stories he knows his clients wouldn’t mind. (26 words)
Her hopes were raised by the whirring noise of a helicopter overhead, but the wind was gathering strength and the rescue team was unable to land. (26 words)
Rescued passengers on Tuesday morning were seen on video streaming across the tarmac with backpacks and hiking shoes, the rotors of a Chinook still whirring. (25 words)
Example sentences (20)
But Simon, a whirring ball of energy who intersperses normal conversation with magic tricks, is happy to share stories he knows his clients wouldn’t mind.
It’s all cyclical; Ribeiro’s voice fades out and leaves only this contemplative whirring.
It’s hard to know what’s what among all the whirring and whizzing and brand-specific features.
They noticed a strong smell of cannabis and heard the sound of whirring fans.
To make things more unique, the margarita glass lights up, plays music, and even makes whirring blender and swimming dinosaur noises.
Despite industrial driers whirring away for four months, it took until March for their house to dry out.
I’d snap back into the moment — the whirring of the fan above me or a squirrel on a lintel might be triggers.
I know how terrifying it is to leap out of the ever-whirring hamster wheel of diet culture.
It’s hot and sticky and the constantly whirring fans do little for airflow, but it’s about as authentic as it comes.
Rescued passengers on Tuesday morning were seen on video streaming across the tarmac with backpacks and hiking shoes, the rotors of a Chinook still whirring.
But the Milwaukee-based motorcycle maker’s latest model features an electric motor that emits a high-pitched whirring sound.
I'm already regretting writing the previous sentence because I can already hear the keyboard constitutional scholars' brains whirring.
It’ll be nice to reconnect over the sound of swords clashing and spells whirring by.
Occasionally, I tuned backinto the whirring of the salt machine, but I didn’t notice anything different about my breathing.
So I went down on the stairlift – it makes a bit of a whirring noise – and saw there was a light coming from the kitchen.
After night fell, they heard the whirring of helicopter blades followed by the whistling sounds of objects falling from the sky.
Children, maddened by tinsel glare and months of aggressive advertising, are whirring themselves towards certain disappointment.
He reflected on distracting himself from the “whirring and clunking of the machine, those life-prolonging rays beaming into you”.
Her hopes were raised by the whirring noise of a helicopter overhead, but the wind was gathering strength and the rescue team was unable to land.
It might look simple but there's a vast amount of whirring and clunking behind the scenes.
Common combinations with whirring
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the whirring 6×
- whirring of 4×
- whirring and 3×
- of whirring 3×
- whirring fans 2×
- high-pitched whirring 2×
- whirring noise 2×