What is "whirred"

Usage examples of "whirred".

A trapdoor opened in the clock face and two little mechanical figures whirred out self-importantly and tapped a small bell with great apparent effort.

Trolleys whirred around it, and a large crowd of Ankh-Morpork’s citizens were standing in a big circle, trying to peer inside.

A trolley whirred out of the mouth of a side corridor and skidded away down another on the opposite side of the passage.

Trolleys whirred around it, and a large crowd of Ankh-Morpork's citizens were standing in a big circle, trying to peer inside.

Trolleys whirred around it, and a large crowd of Ankh-Morporkās citizens were standing in a big circle, trying to peer inside.

It whirred, sparked, wobbled, then blew another invisible bubble with its hand and scooped the Cherub into it.

The projector whirred, and on the far wall a three-dimensional image appeared in color, so real that it might have been the man himself.

Two robot attendants whirred ceaselessly at his side, their leads contacting his pulse, blood-pressure, respiration, and body tem­perature.

At long tables machines whirred -- computers, human-operated and robot.

A tape recorder whirred into life and a camera began to photograph Hasten's face as he talked.

Lunzie sat staring at the empty console-head as the computer whirred and expelled the datacube.

All the time, the little bronze fire lizard whirred around her head, emitting sounds that ranged from scolding to entreaty.

Gears whirred and the halves dropped and spread slowly apart, continuing to sink down, out of the way, against the observatory dome, stopping just above the girdle of lights.

A conditioner whirred almost silently in one corner, keeping the atmosphere cool and dry.

Shreds of sappy vegetation whirred through the air, forming a loose curtain behind which vivid explosions boomed.