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Definition of Whirlwind

Whirlwind A violent windstorm of limited extent, as the tornado, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward current in the center; a vortex of air. It usually has a rapid progressive motion. Fig.: A body of objects sweeping violently onward. Related Definitions: Air, An, As, Body, By, Center, Characterized, Current, Extent, Fig, Has, In, Inward, It, Limited, Motion, Of, Onward, Progressive, Rapid, Spiral, Sweeping, The, Tornado, Upward, Violent, Violently, Vortex, Windstorm, With

Whirlwind Quotations It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake. Frederick Douglass Every role you play is literally - and I've said this before - every single role that you play, the only way you can connect to that character is because that was a piece of you that was scattered around that yard, almost like we got caught up in some whirlwind. Terrence Howard To really ask is to open the door to the whirlwind. The answer may annihilate the question and the questioner. Anne Rice They told me I had been sick twelve days, lying like dead all the while, and that Whirlwind Chaser, who was Standing Bear's uncle and a medicine man, had brought me back to life. Black Elk I may attempt a novel. I think that no matter what you write, it requires being honest with oneself, and you have to pull yourself out of the whirlwind of daily life. Iris Chang

Whirlwind Translations whirlwind in French is tourbillon whirlwind in German is Wirbelwind, Wirbelsturm, Wirbelwind whirlwind in Italian is turbine

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