awhirl

a- +‎ whirl

• IPA^(key): /əˈwɜː(ɹ)l/, /əˈʍɜː(ɹ)l/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l

awhirl (comparative more awhirl, superlative most awhirl)

1. Whirling.
   • 1866, Christina Rossetti, in The Prince’s Progress and Other Poems, London: Macmillan, p. 104,

     […] did you think

     I was so fair when we played boy and girl,

     Where blue forget-me-nots bloomed on the brink

     Of our stream which the mill-wheel sent awhirl?

   • 1922, E. R. Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros, New York: Ballantine, 1952, Chapter 3, p. 45,

     The music rippled and ran and the dancers danced till the hall was awhirl with the rhythm of their dancing,

   • 2013, Richard Flanagan, The Narrow Road to the Deep North‎, London: Vintage Books, page 167:

     Dorrigo’s mind was awhirl with how he would get out of Warradale without permission, where he would find a vehicle, where they might secretly meet.