(n.) According to Hesiod, the son of Typhoeus, and father of the winds, but later identified with him.
(n.) A violent whirlwind; a typhoon.
Example Sentences:
(1) The result showed that processed and raw Rhizoma Typhon had similar action.
(2) Mice were employed to study sedative and anticonvulsion effects of Rhizoma Typhon processed by different methods.
(3) Rat was employed to study the anti-inflammatory effect of Rhizoma Typhon processed by different methods.
(4) Processed and raw Rhizoma Typhon had similar action.
(5) The results showed that processed and raw Rhizoma Typhon had marked sedative effect and delayed convulsion time, caused by cardiazole and strychnine.
Whirlwind
Definition:
(n.) 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.
(n.) Fig.: A body of objects sweeping violently onward.
Example Sentences:
(1) It has all been a bit of a whirlwind,” admits Beatty.
(2) But, as the postal sector demonstrates all too clearly, an economic regulator can unleash a whirlwind.
(3) I am very clear that I want to ensure we get the best possible deal for the United Kingdom that works for everyone across the United Kingdom and all parts of the UK when we enter these negotiation,” said the prime minister in Wales, at the start of a whirlwind UK tour aimed at drumming up last-minute support from the devolved administrations.
(4) For Merkel, the meeting is the start of a week of whirlwind diplomacy that will see her meeting heads of state in Tallin, Prague and Warsaw before hosting first the leaders of the Netherlands, Finland, Sweden and Denmark, and then the presidents of Slovenia, Bulgaria and Croatia at Schloss Meseberg, a baroque castle outside Berlin.
(5) But it all went to plan and afterwards it was a complete whirlwind.
(6) Inevitably, it looks as though corners have been cut and supermarkets will reap the whirlwind in reputational damage.
(7) In whirlwind fashion a host of Tottenham greats, from Bill Nicholson to Gareth Bale, are displayed alongside thunderous music and a cinematic voiceover, which, at the end, affirms the club’s motto: “To dare is to do.” It’s very dramatic, a little over-the-top and, on Saturday, somewhat contradictory.
(8) After the Paris attacks we’d had statements about France reaping the whirlwind of their own actions [a phrase used in a statement by the Stop the War Coalition, of which Corbyn is a long-time supporter], and every time we have a terrorist attack we have this argument that ‘what can we expect?’ That this is somehow not really the responsibility of those who carry out those attacks.
(9) How fitting he should not just inherit his father’s fortune but reap the whirlwind of the original referendum campaign launched by Sir James Goldsmith, an unsavoury tycoon who tried to bankrupt Private Eye.
(10) Pogrund and cameraman Dewald Aukema pick up not only the whirlwind nature of that first head-of-state visit, but the exotic and breathtaking beauty of Africa and Mandela's buttoned lip as he visits the lavish basilicas built by despots on the land of the poor.
(11) It's clearly overkill when you are dealing with waste which is at the bottom end of the spectrum (of toxicity)," he says during a whirlwind minibus tour of the 98-hectare (245 acre) site, which he describes as "a ride around the ranch".
(12) As well as watching White's solo performance, concertgoers will attend a set by garage-rockers Whirlwind Heat.
(13) A whirlwind of consulting and reviewing to keep everyone busy.
(14) Fahma, despite the whirlwind of the past few weeks, is not quite ready to put her campaigning days behind her.
(15) Which brings us to the Stop the War Coalition ( STWC) – here’s a potted history – whose “Paris reaps the whirlwind of western support for extremist violence” tweet caused such offence to MPs at the PLP.
(16) "'It was all whirlwind, heat and flash'," he adds, quoting a line from Sonic Youth's Goo sleeve.
(17) This whirlwind adventure set the tone for the week ahead.
(18) Send them to the usual address – knowledge@theguardian.com From boardroom to penalty box (2) Last week Archie Whirlwind wondered if Juninho ending his career as player-president of his youth club Ituano was a unique case.
(19) Such details seemed all of a piece with his whirlwind existence.
(20) An estimated 50,000 attended the benefit show, and though we’ve all been burned by a bro with a guitar around a campfire, there genuinely is a healing power to listening to music with others, an outlet for collective grief that can soothe whirlwind emotions.