Ma'anar ƙamus na "maelstrom" shine guguwa mai ƙarfi a cikin teku ko kogi wanda zai iya jan abubuwa da mutane zuwa ƙasa kuma ya haifar da lalacewa. Hakanan za'a iya amfani da kalmar a misaltacciya don bayyana wani yanayi ko al'amari da ke da hargitsi, tashin hankali, ko kuma ya mamaye yanayi.
1. Spoken as if he knew the maelstrom of emotions tearing at my soul.
2. I had no idea what he was saying, his voice having been lost to the maelstrom, but his warm breath and the vibration of his voice comforted me.
3. He felt like reaching into the maelstrom and grabbing something, pulling it out, dragging it through the gases that slewed slowly from the chasm in the dead twilight.
4. He cowered in the kitchen, protected from most of the maelstrom by the granite counter of the kitchen island unit.
5. To those far enough away with time to hear, the maelstrom roared, then sucked all sound to vacuum.
6. A maelstrom of visions swirled before his eyes, of battles, wars, death.
7. And behind that maelstrom lay a dread, as of Fate circling him like some squamous, saurian predator ready to trap him in inescapable coils, ensnaring him in an incandescent gaze.
8. Outside, the maelstrom of heat and dust was still cleaner and cooler than what clung to each person, in every seat.
9. A strong wind came from the north whipping the falling snow into a swirling maelstrom.
10. Without words, the outer arc clarified and the circle expanded, pushing away the maelstrom little by little.