whirr

From behind the house came the softly muffled roar of the tide sweeping in, and, with sharper insistence, the whirr of machinery from the boathouse.

Drowsily they whirred all through this sunny day, making the passenger more sleepy and more hot as he passed the humming walls of the mills.

But the Englishman was close to him--so close that his hand reached the leveled barrel a fraction of a second before the hammer fell upon the cartridge, and the bullet that was intended for Tarzan's heart whirred harmlessly above his head.

A tiny pebble whirred past with the force almost of a bullet.

He gently places her with her back to the crashing engine that constantly whirrs up and falls, and she looks into his face and thanks him.

She has now chosen to lead a simple life, away from the lure and lights of showbiz, away from the whirr of cameras.

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The vexation I feel is no different from the pique that engulfs me when, starting the car in the morning, all it will do in response is whirr, whirr, whirr, and then after a couple more tries, it goes completely dead.

Crackle, hum and whirr then enter, the dragon 6 There is a special moment at this time of year when a particular sound makes you smile.

BANG, CRASH, VOICES SPEAKING LOUDLY, PHONES RINGING, EQUIPMENT WITH A FAULTY WHEEL MOVING BACK AND FORTH, KERUMP whirr whirr KERUMP whirr whirr.

across and almost touch with a whirr of silence humming out a name.

The couple arrived to a whirr of noise and colour as they were greeted by a traditional lion dance of five dancers inside a brilliant orange costume.

A second fixed-base operator is coming to Worcester Regional Airport, increasing investing and activity there and putting a whirr in the local economic engine.

when it stopped, and whirr! when it stood still." Tom Paxton's beloved song has now been cunningly illustrated and brought to life again as a wonderful children's book and CD, containing three other songs as well ("Let the Wild Wind Blow, All the Children," and an instrumental arrangement of "The Marvelous Toy" in addition to the vocal rendition of the same song, all performed by Tom Paxton).

WE ESCAPED at dawn, cycling silently from the village, The only sound was our breathing and the whirr of wheels, In tune with nature, now and then a dog barking, and birds' chorus, The smell of early morning moisture in the air, we were truly alive.