Sample Sentences forvortex (editor-reviewed)
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As the tub drained, the water twisted into a vortex near the plug.vortex = a spinning whirl of water that pulls things toward the center
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The airport was closed as a vortex of wind touched down near it.vortex = a powerful spiral of air (like a tornado)
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Between practice, homework, and chores, she felt dragged into a vortex of busy tasks.vortex = something that pulls things into it
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A dozen monsters were sucked into the vortex and disintegrated. (source)vortex = a whirling mass that pulls things into it
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My feet were instantly lifted off the floor as the vortex continued to pull my avatar inexorably toward it. (source)vortex = whirling mass pulling surrounding items into it
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It's hard to describe, but I imagine the way I am at this moment is a lot like getting sucked into a vortex. (source)vortex = whirlpool
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Madaline had been speaking for a while, and I recall thinking, as we sat in the courtyard with the sunlight falling in patches all around us, that it was a measure of her capacity to absorb attention, to pull everything into her vortex so thoroughly that Thalia had gone forgotten. (source)vortex = figuratively, a mass that sucks things into it
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Adam's irises were light blue with dark radial lines leading into the vortices of his pupils.† (source)
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The mist swirled in smoky vortexes around the furniture and shrouded the room in opaque haze. (source)vortexes = whirling masses
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The dagger is no different, the black of the night rushing into the eye of the beast in a vortexlike funnel cloud, a tornado of death.† (source)
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And the center of the vortex—the eye of the hurricane—is a low-pressure area, which sucks the shower curtain in and up. (source)vortex = whirling mass of air
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There are trailing vortices.† (source)
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All across the battlefield, bodies and carcasses were rolling and tumbling brokenly toward the strike sites along with acres of dirt and soil to create huge, spiraling vortexes.† (source)
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The one nearest to shore, maybe a mile away, had thickened into a sturdy vortex that narrowed to a point at the water's surface. (source)vortex = a powerful spiral of air (like a tornado)
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But then good society has its claret and its velvet carpets, its dinner-engagements six weeks deep, its opera and its faery ball-rooms; rides off its ennui on thoroughbred horses; lounges at the club; has to keep clear of crinoline vortices; gets its science done by Faraday, and its religion by the superior clergy who are to be met in the best houses,—how should it have time or need for belief and emphasis?† (source)
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Occasionally there was a crash, followed by sudden peals of fright, telling of other ships ridden down, and their crews drowned in the vortexes.† (source)
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