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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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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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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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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In this way, metaphorically speaking, a strong lens applied to Mrs. Cadwallader's match-making will show a play of minute causes producing what may be called thought and speech vortices to bring her the sort of food she needed.† (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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