whirlwind

IPA: wˈɝɫwɪnd

A violent windstorm of limited extent, as the tornado, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward current in the center; a vortex of air. It usually has a rapid progressive motion.
(figuratively) A person or body of objects or events sweeping violently onward.

Examples of "whirlwind" in Sentences

Actually, the term whirlwind is a bit under the mark.
It's got to be what they call a whirlwind campaign or go without.
She addresses the feelings that result when the wedding invitations stop coming and the whirlwind is over.
Bannon used interviews with natives and local newsmakers to place the viewer in what he calls the "whirlwind" that was Palin's time as governor.
The man behind all this, Michael de Souza, 57 - unmistakeable in a Rastamouse-esque tam, which contains hair he has not cut for 30 years - is in the middle of what he describes as a whirlwind.
Part of the force propelling that whirlwind is of course the backlash against the fragmentation of our culture and heritage which is occurring under the pressure of rapid mass migration and multiculturalism.
'Yes,' said Margaret, rather sadly, remembering the never-ending commotion about trifles that had been going on for more than a month past: 'I wonder if a marriage must always be preceded by what you call a whirlwind, or whether in some cases there might not rather be a calm and peaceful time just before it.'