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Vocabulary Entry
vortex
|noun • verb
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N
noun
A powerful circular current of water or air.
Example Sentences
"The boat was caught in a dangerous vortex."
"As she swam, she felt the pull of a vortex forming beneath her."
"The tornado created a vortex that lifted debris high into the sky."
V
verb
To move in a circular, whirling manner; to draw into a vortex.
Example Sentences
"The stream vortexed around the rocks."
"She could feel the winds vortexing around her as the storm approached."
"The leaves were vortexing in the strong gusts of wind."