1.   Between her feet, water swirled down the plughole, taking red and black threads of blood and dirt with it.

2.   The ice cubes swirled down the drain.

3.   How the Sonics handle the mayhem will determine whether they lengthen their eight-game playoff winning streak or swirl down the drain of the Great Salt Lake basin.

4.   Sometimes, brisk winds swirl down from the mountain ridges and churn up small, but powerful cyclones of snow or spray.

5.   The cloudburst ended and the cold clean winds swirling down from Siberia met the bubbly hot volcanic waters gushing into Hell Valley.

6.   The buzzards swirl down the left-field line at Dodger Stadium.

7.   There is some more equally starling news swirling down from the Rockies.

8.   A blizzard of paper swirled down from office windows as the jubilant parade stepped off along Broadway on a bright, cool morning.

9.   The blood swirls down the drain.

10.   The helium would start to swirl down the drain.