What is "maelstroms"

Usage examples of "maelstroms".

In our second month out, as we skirted the Glacial Maelstroms, we spied a brig of exotic design.

It is scarcely a sixth the size of Lúlumë, and it is clearly part of an island system, namely the Ingens Cluster, which lies halfway between Kolodria's southern tip and the Glacial Maelstroms of the southern Pole.

So stunning was the blow that hurled itself, shrieking, in a tumult of mad cross-currents, air maelstroms and frenzied whirls, all across the sky.

So-called threads, or flaws in the original matrix, can be pinched off, turning transfer points into useless maelstroms, isolating whole sectors, quadrants, or even galaxies.

Flotillas set out from countless planets on daring mercy missions, braving maelstroms to rescue lost ships and stranded crews.

Several times they passed clearings where aged columns had toppled in a domino chain reaction, leaving maelstroms of debris.