as in vortex
water moving rapidly in a circle with a hollow in the center
our rubber raft got caught in a maelstrom in a particularly rough stretch of white water
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The result is a maelstrom of loops crashing into one another, lyrics shattered and left as shards, and of clutter: sonic, mental, and physical.
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Pitchfork, 5 Dec. 2024
Then there are the white-knuckle car rides through the Pacific Northwest as an unstoppable cosmic maelstrom rips through its pristine wilderness.
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
The sheer number of actors would create a tumultuous maelstrom of its own.
—Assaf Orion, Foreign Affairs, 12 Sep. 2024
The 2024 San Francisco Giants are a hot mess, a maelstrom of injuries, disappointments and tantalizing hints of something better that’s just out of reach.
—Grant Brisbee, The Athletic, 23 July 2024
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Pitchfork, 5 Dec. 2024
Then there are the white-knuckle car rides through the Pacific Northwest as an unstoppable cosmic maelstrom rips through its pristine wilderness.
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
The sheer number of actors would create a tumultuous maelstrom of its own.
—Assaf Orion, Foreign Affairs, 12 Sep. 2024
The 2024 San Francisco Giants are a hot mess, a maelstrom of injuries, disappointments and tantalizing hints of something better that’s just out of reach.
—Grant Brisbee, The Athletic, 23 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for maelstrom
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“Maelstrom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maelstrom. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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