(1) There was a whirring of machinery.

(2) The bird flew past, its wings whirring.

(3) I could hear the washing machine whirring in the kitchen.

(4) The birds were active, whirring and fluttering among the trees.

(5) Already the plane's propellers were whirring into action.

(6) The pesticides treadmill is still whirring away.

(7) A Gurney comes whirring out, nobody pushing it, takes the corner on two wheels and disappears smoking up the hall.

(8) Once Blanche saw his hands whirring over each other[http:///whirring.html], she knew there was some hope.

(9) It was a continual clanking, rotating sound, a whirring rhythmic, steel-against-steel sound that made your teeth wince.

(10) Flight whirring; can rocket upwards with remarkable acceleration when startled, though often prefer to run.

(11) The whirring of our locust jaws is what keeps you awake.

(12) It makes a pleasant whirring sound instead of the insidious roar that power mowers produce.

(13) They can speak, via a whirring mechanical voice box, and they have mechanical human hands rather than paws.

(14) There was a whirring sound, then the clock's chime marked a quarter to midnight.

(15) I saw it again that morning: the milk-float, whirring into another day.

(16) The sudden shock and noise of whirring wings broke the stillness and left our pulses racing.

(17) He had the car heater on and the whirring as it blew out hot air was beginning to annoy him.

(18) It could disappear into the whirring computers and multicolored flow charts of the economic miracle.

(19) Without warning, the entire Oval Office began whirring and clicking and started to sink beneath the ground.

(20) The car with its whirring air conditioning was like an oxygen mask.

(21) They started whirring up all around like little firecrackers and ricocheting off the windshield by the dozen.

(22) To a whirring of cine-cameras and a gratifying clicking of Nikons, Enid Coley progressed graciously into the stands.

(23) Can you hear the Wheel a - whirring?

(24) He put an ordinary fan in a window frame and somehow conducted cool water through coils in front of the whirring blades.

(25) The machine shop left hundreds of thousands of men with shared memories: The whirring and flapping of the belts.

(26) Some of them take a second or two to stop whirring and clacking as they wind tape off a drum.

(27) Suddenly he is suspended in the air, between two whirring propellers.

(28) Wave after wave of starlings take off at short 2-3 minute intervals, with a great roar of whirring wings.

(29) You turned it on but nothing is happening - blank screen, no whirring noise, no beeps, no flashing lights.

(30) She stands there tapping that thermometer against her wrist watch, eyes whirring while she tries to gauge this new man.

(31) Then she heard a strange whirring sound.

(32) He'd scarcely spoken the words when he heard a whirring of wings in the air overhead, looked up and saw seven coal-black ravens flying away.

(33) The whirring in his ear stopped, and Gibbons unlatched the harness around his head.

(34) A whirring whistle: goal.

(35) He came upon a valley where rock ptarmigan rose on whirring wings from the ledges and muskegs .

(36) Waves crashing. The distant thump of rock music. The whirring engine of a small biplane, dragging an ad from its tail.

(37) Right now, I'm stuck inside a whirring, clunking MRI machine at New York University. Six inches above my nose hovers an image of my smiling wife wearing a black spaghetti-strap dress.

(38) Hardly was the word spoken before he heard a whirring of wings over his head, looked up and saw seven coal-black ravens flying away.

(39) There are people whose every orifice is occupied by a whirring machine.

(40) The silence was broken by the whirring of a helicopter.

(41) The wings of fortune could be heard whirring over his head.

(42) A high - pitched whirring sound begins,(http:///whirring.html) and a mechanized double - pronged probe pushes itself into his nose.

(43) Shouts rang shrill from the boys'playfield and a whirring whistle.

(44) The tavern had been dark and passably cool, with the front door open and big fans on the ceiling and one on a stand by the door whirring at about a hundred and five decibels.

(45) Johnny tilted back and started making calls. His brain was really whirring along.