whir in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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But there is no factory here, no city lights or whirring industry.
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The elevator in the shaft right next to her whirs and grinds.
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The flight is weak and whirring.
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It felt like the last, lazy day of a festival -- albeit one with a police helicopter whirring above.
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The machine starts whirring, the lights flash, smoke starts to pour from the branch, atmospheric music begins and the ride starts.
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Pistons pumped, wheels spun, and engines whirred and buzzed, at the show.
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His run-up is short, even by spinners' standards, but his bowling action itself is a whir, followed by a tight follow-through.
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As a tribute to him, there's a scene in the finished film where an old film projector whirs to life and projects blood running down the screen.
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I haven't had any of battery draining or whirring sounds that have been mentioned as complaints.
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You would hear a kind of whirring noise like a machine of some kind...
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