| In the background, cameras whirred like demented bluebottles, adding their drone to the low buzz of conversation. |
| For the next half hour, as the rusting guard rails and shoulder-high weeds of the median whirred past, I lost my orientation. |
| It beeped and whirred to life, the hard-drive sounding its soft purr as it accessed the system files needed to rouse the little giant. |
| The engine, cranky, rusty, out-of-practice, whirred to life. The entire vehicle began to shake, violently at first, then settling. |
| Mounted fans whirred overhead, efficiently distributing the rank air and grime into all corners. |
| Will gave a light two fingered salute to those staying, as the rotors whirred and the chopper left. |
