Its next salvo of shots went above us, and I ducked as they whirred overhead like a covey of fast partridges.

In the glowing yellow gold of the sky, a faintly whirring dark-gray spot appeared: an airman made his way above the Grand Canal, passed above the Château, and disappeared.

I feel as if I had an engine in my head, the wheels of which keep whirring incessantly.

So white it stood among the trees, and so merrily whirred the wheel as the water turned it, and so bright blossomed the flowers in the garden, that Martimor had joy of the sight, for it reminded him of his own country.

Several partridges rose from the children's feet, and whirred noisily away, to the huge delight of the boys but to Avery's considerable dismay.

Bats flitted overhead, and big, silent moths whirred softly over the rhododendron blossoms.