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Recent Examples of whistle
Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2025
Consider adding a loud emergency whistle to your key chain.
—Martin Shenkman, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025
These include pulsing, buzzing, squealing, clicking, chirping, roaring, humming, whistling, hissing and rushing.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Those cops do more than blow whistles and bark signals.
—Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2025
Consider adding a loud emergency whistle to your key chain.
—Martin Shenkman, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Verb
Houston was whistled for just 19 a game, while the Warriors were a smidge over at 19.2 a night.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025
These include pulsing, buzzing, squealing, clicking, chirping, roaring, humming, whistling, hissing and rushing.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for whistle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whistle
Noun
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Rushing by in whooshes of chapters named after Pagnol’s numerous famous plays and films, Chomet conveys in textbook fashion that this is a life worthy of memoir, and worthy of the pleasant story device of little Marcel guiding big Marcel.—
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
20 May 2025
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Sixty minutes from busy freeways to lush fairways, from the whoosh of traffic to whispering surf A southern California vacation can be a whirlwind affair, what with the encircling ring of still-life highways clogged by road-ragers at any and all hours of the day.—
David Weiss,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
Verb
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At the same time, there are other conditions that can present with allergy-like symptoms, and at high enough concentrations, even people without allergies will wheeze.—
Umair Irfan,
Wired News,
5 Apr. 2025
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Crappy Christmas lights blinked overhead, and a tiny pug wheezed on a rug by the register.—
Bryan Washington,
The New Yorker,
23 Mar. 2025
Noun
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At the climax of the show, drones formed an arc and lit up one by one to look like the swoosh of a shooting star before the castle below them transformed into the crystalline centerpiece of the upcoming Abu Dhabi park.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
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Or, simply hang up a hammock and sway to the sound of the stream, songbirds and the gentle swoosh of the wind through the trees.—
Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2025
Verb
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Despite the protective parents hissing, Henry persisted and was ultimately able to guide the goslings toward a safer way out.—
Seth Carnell,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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Those answers hissed out of glass flasks like I-457, gathered at stations from near the North Pole to Mauna Loa, and from the tiny Christmas Island to the South Pole.—
Ashley Braun,
Smithsonian Magazine,
19 May 2025
Noun
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Original price: $49.99 Old Navy's Matte one-piece zip swimsuit features a zipper closure on the front and cap sleeves.—
Nora Colomer
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FOXNews.com,
23 May 2025
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Time zips by breezily, the point of view slides around unpredictably, and more than one plot strand is introduced without ever being resolved.—
Peter C. Baker,
New Yorker,
11 May 2025
Verb
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This inflatable hot tub is designed to fit up to four people and features 120 bubbling warm jets, which can reach a temperature of 104 degrees Fahrenheit.—
Toni Sutton,
People.com,
18 May 2025
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This cauldron of mixed ingredients quickly bubbles over, and doesn’t stop overflowing until the film’s final moments.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
Verb
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What was at first written off as mere youthful rebellion, destined to fizzle out, ultimately yielded the appointment of a Deaf president, and helped galvanize the greater movement that led to the passage of the Americans With Disabilities Act.—
John Hendrickson,
The Atlantic,
23 May 2025
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But what could set the current optimism apart from previous emerging market rallies that fizzled out?—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
21 May 2025
Verb
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Thoroughly rinse by swishing water around the mouth.—
Lana Barhum,
Verywell Health,
15 May 2025
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The shot swished through, giving the Knicks a 116-113 lead over the Pistons during Game 6 of their first-round playoff series.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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“Whistle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whistle. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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