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    1. Alan's weight almost made the android topple but with enough effort that Desa could hear the motors whirr from here, it righted itself and dragged Alan back to the opposite shore


    2. sound of evening London outside, the traffic that never stopped, to the whirr of computer hard-drives inside


    3. laptop began to whirr as the microprocessor


    4. And evil whispers in the gloom, or the swift whirr


    5. constant whirr of the engines is comforting


    6. The faint whirr of the camera as it tracked him across the room, caught Carla’s attention


    7. or the whirr of the projector as the film advanced from one full reel to the empty reel


    8. There was a whirr as the window came down


    9. Only the quiet whirr of Graham’s standing mechanism indicated they were present in the darkness


    10. Just as the truck driver started his engine he could hear the whirr of a helicopter overhead

    11. The ring of alarm-bells, the cry of fire, the whirr of swift-streaking engines and hose-carts with premonitory tinkles and color'd lights,


    12. And the icy cool of the far, far north, with rustling cedars and pines, And the whirr of drums and the sound of soldiers marching, and the


    13. the whirr of the rattlesnake,


    14. A creak and a dark whirr in the air high up


    15. The whirr of flapping leathern bands and hum of dynamos from the powerhouseurged Stephen to be on


    16. The bombs were now so close that the men could hear them spinning in the air; Deasy remembered the sound as a whirr, Scearce as a piercing whistle


    17. Nanon was spinning, and the whirr of her wheel was the only sound heard beneath the gray rafters of that silent hall


    18. On and on he went, and down and down; and still he heard no sound of anything except the occasional whirr of a bat by his ears, which startled him at first, till it became too frequent to bother about


    19. She listened to the soothing electronic whirr of half a dozen IBM and Hewlett-Packard computers


    20. Wheels creak on their axles as the cogs engage one another and the revolving pulleys whirr with the rapidity of their movement, but a neighboring wheel is as quiet and motionless as though it were prepared to remain so for a hundred years; but the moment comes when the lever catches it and obeying the impulse that wheel begins to creak and joins in the common motion the result and aim of which are beyond its ken

    21. The tightly coiled spring was released, the clock began to whirr and the chimes to play


    22. He did not speak them, he sobbed them out,—“‘Brothers, have mercy on me! Brothers, have mercy on me!’ But the brothers had, no mercy, and when the procession came close to me, I saw how a soldier who stood opposite me took a firm step forward and lifting his stick with a whirr, brought it down upon the man’s back


    1. Cameras whirred and digital footage streamed across the closed world of conservative South London, so much so that nearly everyone in the neighbourhood wanted to invite Miss Jones to their parties, to their charity bashes and to their seasonal celebrations


    2. The fans whirred again


    3. The devices whirred menacingly


    4. The Miele coffee machine whirred


    5. His printer buzzed and whirred


    6. The bullet again whirred just past his head


    7. Over at the lab, the machine whirred away for what seemed


    8. looked like they’d once been sharp whirred and squealed with


    9. As the dishwasher whirred Ma and Nyla settled around the


    10. Frank's brain clicked and whirred

    11. The police officer pressed the button marked 'B', the lift whirred to life


    12. The door mechanism whirred for a few seconds and then unlocked


    13. Keying in the code the wait seemed interminable while the mechanism whirred


    14. It had been chopped to pieces, but some of the branches still had golden birds in them, and they whirred around when Grover picked them up, trying to flap their wings


    15. which she recalled, whirred lazily, the season still too cool for air


    16. Sebastian‘s arms and legs whirred wildly then Con fell forward on top of Sebastian who ended up kneeling on all fours


    17. There machines whirred as they started mixing and understanding


    18. Something whirred above her head and she cowered, even though realizing it was only a bat


    19. Thoughts of Rosa whirred around in my mind


    20. His eyes were fastened to the great white wings which whirred as he moved

    21. pressed the green button and the electric motor whirred


    22. whirred down to level with the front door


    23. The wheelchair motor whirred as Lawrence pushed


    24. The old air conditioning unit whirred


    25. The camera whirred and focused on her table, and Lindsey felt eyes investigating her


    26. The cameras whirred and electronic eyes locked onto Keller


    27. The camera mount whirred softly and the camera settled on the Captain


    28. The gears of the camera whirred loudly in the silent room


    29. The last third of the machete blade whirred out into its position at the end of the weapon


    30. “Why would that interest me?” The window of May’s blue Ford whirred and shut him off from the world

    31. The wheels whirred


    32. Taking the sword of the chain blade, he twirled it above his head like the beating of the rotor blades of a helicopter; he was spinning it so hard that it whirred and even gained lift off the ground


    33. overhead fan, it whirred for a while then stopped


    34. whirred and gear levers clacked as they sped on down the road


    35. The engines whirred for a moment longer, then died down


    36. It whirred as he gently ran it over the prongs that had been bent, shining them up


    37. car, still on the 11th floor, whirred to a start


    38. The screen went to static, then the tape whirred into motion


    39. The machine whirred


    40. Robotic manipulators whirred back and forth loading and unloading cargo

    41. He clicked the remote and all four doors to the Covert whirred up, opening up a view of the cockpit inside


    42. After the four of us were buckled in the doors whirred shut again


    43. The map room had also served as a war room for convenience and when she, as captain, waved a hand over the gyroscope, it whirred and buzzed and cannon doors suddenly appeared along the sides of the great ship


    44. "Do we have to watch this again? Trust me, the ending's so cliché," Derrick protested as the machines whirred to life and plasma screen changed from black to color


    45. The machine hesitated, then the hard disc whirred as it considered its options


    46. Her mind whirred with the realization that she wasn't in control


    47. ” The machine whirred for several minutes


    48. first time the engine whirred then stopped, he tried again the


    49. It spun around, hurling its axe, which whirred over the assassin's head and buried itself in a luckless thief behind him


    50. Something blue and blurred shot past him, dipped briefly into the thundering waters, and whirred back and settled on a branch near Rincewind's head




















    1. of a million whirring things in the plain dark night


    2. ’ Dave said slowly, his mind visibly whirring at the possibilities that opens up


    3. Andy looked down at his hands resting on the table in the interview room painfully aware of the whirring coming from the recording machine sitting on the table which was taping every word said in the little room, and the laboured breathing of the uniformed constable who sat motionless on a chair by the door just staring into space


    4. And more than once, his weary eyes did close despite the almost whirring mass of concerns in his head then


    5. I don’t know about angry I was fucking livid why hadn’t she got out of that hell hole never mind about me why hadn’t she just stopped when I told her?” My head was whirring and my heart breaking but I could not stay angry at my golden haired little imp for long as I thought of the cheek she used to give me not long ago and the cheeky grin that came to her lips when she spoke to me the tears rolled down my face again


    6. Sespian stalked the room, mind whirring


    7. Suddenly, there was a strange whirring sound overhead and then a solid Thwock! Everyone looked around in bewilderment until their eyes settled on Mayor Netfiddle, who looked incredulous himself


    8. choking and whirring, our own clock struck, and we counted the strokes


    9. "Get this thing off me!" Detective Inspector Grunt screamed as the last of his clothing disappeared into the maw of the whirring machinery


    10. My screams of rage were quickly lost amongst the clanking and whirring of the car-wash as it dutifully washed my car from front to back, then from back to front, my head along with it

    11. A projector was whirring away on a low table and Fin could see that Grant had been playing an on-line shooter game, but instead of the usual hand-held paddles, Grant had an electronic rifle connected to the system


    12. With such thoughts whirring in his cap, he set out to research America’s so-called


    13. fall, the smoking barrels whirring to a halt


    14. barrels of Barret’s gun-arm began to spin, the whirring motion


    15. The words couldn't come out; there were simply too many feelings, ideas and thoughts whirring throughout my whole being


    16. The rhythmic whirring of


    17. off of her and she could hear Doc’s diagnostic core whirring as he


    18. A buzz of conversation accompanied whip snaps, mallet swings, and the whirring of ropes tied


    19. whips that cut flesh and whirring ropes tied to stones either thudding into bodies or quickly


    20. High overhead they sailed, with a whirring sound like the fluttering

    21. All could hear the whirring sound of the strong ¾ inch thick metal armor plate panels as they moved up on both sides of the bus


    22. Dean trained himself to recognize the sound of the whirring motors of the automatic gates


    23. The whirring and bleeping noises finally stopped and Central came back


    24. Hark! I hear the whirring of an Editor’s brain cell


    25. his mechanical arm whirring as he opened and closed his fist


    26. His running consisted of two paces, and instead of soaring up into the clouds like a majestic eagle, ended up on his arse in the sand, with the propeller whirring away and breaking against the sand


    27. They waited and after a few hours the oven sprang to life mixing and whirring


    28. Suddenly they became interrupted by a grinding and whirring noise emanating from the rear of the cave


    29. The pigeon flew up to a perch in a chestnut tree, her soft wings making a whirring sound


    30. Almost instantly, a procession of ambulances and police cars sped past me, their whirring lights bouncing off the hedgerows

    31. There was a whirring and a clicking noise as a vertical wall grew


    32. There are reports of the whirring of the turbines having caused some people to become zombies, but there’re unfounded


    33. faint whirring of the compact refrigerator that was part of the room’s


    34. the only sound the whirring of the refrigerator


    35. Above the noise of the idling engine and whirring rotors, Geoff Collins asked Max for a lift; it was imperative he returned straightaway because he was a diabetic and needed medication


    36. Then with all DVD data ROMs and the massive capacity hard drives whirring and clicking, the monitors showed the progress of installation and configuration proceeding satisfactorily


    37. With the whirring sound and turning the wheels away from them, I crossed them


    38. ’ the roasting of birds; the howling of dogs; the crying hoots of owls; the stridulating of crickets and grasshoppers; and the whirring of the bats


    39. ,’ looking at the hanging pictures on the wall; looking at the whirring ceiling fan; and looking at the curtains of the windows and doors which were swinging with the blowing of hot summer wind


    40. I was distracted by a whirring noise

    41. I never thought I'd say that I love the whirring sound of a weed-


    42. chair to do a 360 and the motor made a whirring sound as


    43. All those links at the bottom of pages in the old site really got the mind whirring!


    44. We went with him those sunny days, our cameras whirring constantly


    45. at groundside level, our camera’s whirring as the starting gates opened and


    46. Ralph squealed with delight as he discovered that the penis-shaped model he had found on a shelf made whirring noises when he pressed the button, and the tip rotated in suggestive circles


    47. whirring of the refrigerator that


    48. I woke up this morning with ideas whirring in my head,


    49. A motor started whirring


    50. The swirls of smoke became the damask pattern of the curtains in the half-light, it was 2am and the clicking was the whirring ceiling fan; the dullest of confirmations that she was back in the world of the living











































    1. The phone clicks and whirrs at me


    2. It whirrs and pulsates and a little light flashes—a virtual electron leaping from one energy state to another


    3. I waited impatiently listening to the whirrs and clicks on the end of the line


    4. He gently places her with her back to the crashing engine that constantly whirrs up and falls, and she looks into his face and thanks him


    5. The only sounds were the eerie moans and whirrs of machinery coming from the Grievers, sitting there as if enjoying the little trap they’d set for the humans


    6. The others followed quickly and the door slit back into place with pleased little clicks and whirrs


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    Synonyms for "whirr"

    birr whir whirr whirring churr purr whiz whizz

    "whirr" definitions

    sound of something in rapid motion


    make a soft swishing sound


    make a vibrant sound, as of some birds