And he closed his eyes again and heard the accustomed whir of machinery, and knew that he was in the engine-room.
It must have been excellent markmanship for the Taube, since we had seen nothing in the clear blue sky overhead nor heard the characteristic whir of the motor, and yet both shell craters were very close to the tracks.
Somewhere in the distance he heard the whir of a late trolley.
He could hear the distant whir of another trolley, and he determined to take it, no matter which way it was going.
The whir of the trolleys could be heard below as if they were out in the hall.
We could scarcely have found in all the world a more complete contrast to the moving crowds and the whir and dust of the City of Spindles, than this unpeopled, silent prairie.
Why this," says Buh Lion, "that when I am walking softly through the woods I sometimes rouse a covey of partridges, and then they rise all around me with such a whir as to make me start.
High from the tree- trunks came the high vibrant whir of toads, the calls of katydids were echoing through forest aisles, and from the ground crickets chirped modestly upward.
Once he used to draw bead on one and all heartlessly and indiscriminately with his old rifle, but now only the whistle of a bob-white, the darting of a hawk, or the whir of a pheasant's wings made him whirl the old weapon from his shoulder.
He had caught the familiarwhir of the propellers as the motors started once more upon their work.
Billy, as he heard the familiar whir of the motors, and felt the forward push of the sea and air craft.
The musical hum of the twin motors and the whir of the revolving propellers had suddenly ceased, though the boat still continued to move along the top of the little waves coming in from the Channel.
But before she had reached the turn the voices had ceased; and a minute later she saw Frank and Ned step into the waiting automobile and whir rapidly down the driveway.
We got now the lift of the steamer's bow, staggering under tons of water, and the whir of the screw in mid-air.
For an instant he listened attentively and to his ears came the steady unmistakable swishing whir of a vessel's screw, the sound Frank had so aptly compared to a heavy wind.
As Rawlins had foreseen, they did not catch a glimpse of the other submarine and very soon the faint whir of her screws was lost.
And with keen exultation, thrilled with his triumph and his greeting to the Folk he came to rescue, he landed with a whir upon the reeking slope.
A covey of partridges ran up the sandy ruts before the horses, and, rising at last with a long-drawn whir of wings, skimmed the top of the crumbling bank and dropped in the stubble-field on the right.
A stately gobbler raised his head to reconnoitre; two guns were fired almost simultaneously, and, with a whir and a flutter, the flock disappeared in the cane brake.
The whir of the reel deadened now, and the stride of Miltiades was perceptibly lessened and then became but a vigorous up-and-down hop, while the tense line sang in the gentle autumn breeze.
Once from very far below them the boom of guns made itself heard, even above the flogging of the engines and the whir of the tractor in front of him, and his pilot handed back a scrap of paper on which he had scrawled some words.
Then the whir of machinery cut off all possibility of further conversation; Dennis gazed round at the darkening landscape as Laval released her, and after a short run forward over the grassland the Aviatik began to rise.
The last night of our stay, the whir of planes overhead caused the cry "Lights Out!
Occasionally an aeroplane's whir made us scurry to cover, while a machine gun took a few shots at it, if it was an enemy craft.
There was a drowsy whirof wings--once--that was all.
I said I'd give this beggar the lesson of his life," he murmured as he heard, even above the whir of the propeller, the shriek of the terrified Negro.
Her lips moved but whether they voiced consent or refusal he did not know, for the words were drowned in the whirof the propeller.
The spinning-wheel had begun towhir for her evening stint when other hill-folks had betaken themselves to bed.
Even Aurelia checked the whir of her wheel to listen smilingly.
The heart throbs and pulse beats of man's body are but the rythmic whir and vibrations of the human electric machine.
The screaming outside had ceased, but the whir and whine were still going on, and the blaring light was toned by the dust-filled air.
From the highest points inside the Compound eager eyes scanned the northeast as the battle raged on with crash of shells and whir of bullets.
I would have--" Baba was interrupted by a high whistling, shrieking noise, and the whir of wings.
With a whir the line spun out of the box coil after coil, while the crew peered out over the breaking seas to see if the keeper's aim was true.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "whir" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
