as in vortex
water moving rapidly in a circle with a hollow in the center
in The Odyssey, Ulysses is trapped between the six-headed monster Scylla and Charybdis, a deadly whirlpool that threatens to suck in his ship
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Recent Examples of whirlpool
The all-suite property also features two pools, whirlpools, a fitness center, and a kids’ activity center.
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Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 19 Feb. 2025
The outdoor pool and hot tubs and the spa’s whirlpool are equipped with lifts.
—Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2025
Any such reforms will be slow-moving, though, and America is foundering right now in a whirlpool of contested facts.
—Adam Marcus, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2025
The polar vortex, a whirlpool of Arctic air typically perched atop the North Pole, dislodged and descended into the Midwest causing the bitter cold.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2025
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Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 19 Feb. 2025
The outdoor pool and hot tubs and the spa’s whirlpool are equipped with lifts.
—Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2025
Any such reforms will be slow-moving, though, and America is foundering right now in a whirlpool of contested facts.
—Adam Marcus, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2025
The polar vortex, a whirlpool of Arctic air typically perched atop the North Pole, dislodged and descended into the Midwest causing the bitter cold.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for whirlpool
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“Whirlpool.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whirlpool. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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