MAELSTROM in a Sentence

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For MAELSTROM, below is one of 4 sentences:
Paris is a maelstrom where everything is lost, and everything disappears in this belly of the world, as in the belly of the sea.

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 Meanings and Examples of MAELSTROM
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
maelstrom
 n.  whirlpool; powerful circular current of water
Classic Sentence:
1  But the whale rushed round in a sudden maelstrom; seized the swimmer between his jaws; and rearing high up with him, plunged headlong again, and went down.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 54. The Town-Ho's Story.
2  Paris is a maelstrom where everything is lost, and everything disappears in this belly of the world, as in the belly of the sea.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER X—WHICH EXPLAINS HOW JAVERT GOT ON THE SCENT
Example Sentence:
1  The canoe was tossed about in the maelstrom, it had to leave the dangerous water quickly.
2  Thursday's diplomatic maelstrom started when Russia granted Mr. Snowden so-called temporary asylum, which lasts for one year but is renewable.