How to Use whistle in a Sentence

whistle

1 of 2 noun

• We could hear the low whistle of the wind through the trees.
• We could hear the train's whistle.
• The policeman blew his whistle.
• When the whistle got blown, and my first instinct was to look up at the shot clock.
  — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2024
• In his case, the noise sounds like a constant, shrill whistle.
  — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 23 Apr. 2023
• The girls wore the mums for up to 12 hours — to class, to a pep rally and on through the game’s final whistle.
  — Rachel Sherman, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2023
• When the final whistle blew, the game had finished as a 0-0 draw.
  — Ray Reid, Hartford Courant, 25 Nov. 2022
• The steam whistle echoes lugubriously among the slopes.
  — Mark Orwoll, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2023
• It’s one of those things, like a dog hearing a whistle.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2023
• Blowing the whistle seems to have been cathartic for you in that sense.
  — WIRED, 14 June 2023
• Fox made contact, but the whistle was a surprise — even to Schroder.
  — Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2023
• The crowd here booed when the referee blew the final whistle.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 25 Nov. 2022
• Better to whet your whistle on a word game than to waste it on bad habits or worse.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
• But that same sleight-of-hand, accompanied by the scream of the engine’s whistle, saved the bovine in the nick of time.
  — Dallas News, 22 Dec. 2022
• As whistles blew, Williams halfheartedly threw the ball to the ground.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2023
• Shout loudly, blow a whistle, and make lots of noise to deter it.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 28 June 2023
• The stranger blew his whistle; in an instant, a posse appeared.
  — David Grann, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023
• By the time the final whistle blew, Uruguay's 2-0 lead still stood but the 35-year-old Suarez's World Cup career was over.
  — Gerald Imray, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Dec. 2022
• The crowd stayed and chanted well after the final whistle.
  — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2022
• Reynolds was seen walking across the field and to the locker room after the final whistle to speak to the players.
  — Steve Douglas, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2023
• The group of defenders picked Daniels up as referees blew the whistle to signal the end of the play.
  — Chantz Martin, Fox News, 1 Oct. 2023
• The guys in stripes kept their whistle in their pocket — the same place wise gamblers keep their money.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Dec. 2022
• At the final whistle, Regragui’s players collapsed on to their backs, all of the air drawn from them.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2022
• But, at the final whistle, in Sydney, the Australian players sat and cried.
  — Naaman Zhou, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2023
• The Ducks won the battle at the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball and controlled this game from the second quarter through the final whistle.
  — oregonlive, 23 Oct. 2022
• The whistle of tree branches being pulled and broken gives them away.
  — Heather Greenwood Davis, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Aug. 2023
• That trains the basketball player, ‘Oh, the referee is gonna have a loose whistle.
  — Thomas Lake, AJC.com, 4 June 2026
• Somewhere a hand was raised, a whistle was blown, and all at once the butchers were out of their stalls, assembling in the aisles.
  — Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
• My coach pulled me out at the first whistle.
  — Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026
• Not every supporter wants another shirt hanging in a wardrobe long after the final whistle.
  — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026

whistle

2 of 2 verb

• He was whistling as he walked down the street.
• He whistled for a cab.
• The teakettle started to whistle.
• He whistled a happy tune.
• A bullet whistled past him.
• On the phone, Strane sucks in a breath, air whistling through his teeth.
  — New York Times, 10 Mar. 2020
• On the Table Most hunters welcome whistling ducks on the plate.
  — M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 10 Jan. 2024
• The hot-eyed men whistling the streets: Hello, habibti.
  — Hala Alyan, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
• They were whistled for seven fouls in the stretch and turned the ball over three times.
  — Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal, 19 Jan. 2020
• Here’s how and where to see the northern lights; whistle at your own risk.
  — Stephanie Vermillion, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2023
• As the lights came up, the people hooted, screamed and whistled.
  — Kturnqui, oregonlive, 6 July 2023
• The stop came when LC was whistled for a turnover with 5.8 seconds left.
  — Lewis Bagley, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Mar. 2023
• White Spy shakes his hand and leaves the office, whistling and—perhaps for the first time—filled with hope.
  — Gyasi Hall, Longreads, 12 Sep. 2023
• Ringing in the ear: A buzzing, roaring, whistling or hissing sound in your ear.
  — USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2024
• The junior was whistled for his fourth foul with more than 11 minutes to play.
  — Brian Murphy, orlandosentinel.com, 11 Dec. 2019
• For most of the first half, the Lakers were in Harlem Globetrotter form, the ball whistling around from one player to the next.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
• Winds are projected to increase a bit, whistling up to 20 mph.
  — Alejandro Serrano, SFChronicle.com, 19 Dec. 2019
• In time, a dog can be whistle-trained to do almost anything.
  — New York Times, 17 May 2022
• But the point is, David and [his wife] Jan would always whistle for me outside the window.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2023
• In one of the videos, a small boat can be seen in the distance and people aboard the cruise ship are heard clapping, whistling and cheering.
  — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 28 June 2023
• At the same time, Clark was also whistled for a technical foul, which was her fourth of the game.
  — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2023
• The first came at the end of the third quarter when Stephon Gilmore could have had a scoop and score on a Travis Kelce fumble that was whistled dead.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 9 Dec. 2019
• The crowd applauded and whistled; Utkin tipped his cap.
  — Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
• Yes, there are tree ducks like black-bellied whistling ducks, and sea ducks like surf scoters.
  — M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 2 Nov. 2023
• When the wind picked up and whistled through them log walls of our one-room cabin, Mommy tore out pages and stuffed them in the wall’s gaps.
  — Marc Myers, WSJ, 31 Mar. 2020
• As acacia ants have dwindled, elephants have been able to knock down and eat more whistling thorn trees.
  — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2024
• The 940s just keep whistling on through the wet, wipers sweeping the big windshield, creating their own sunshine.
  — William Jeanes, Car and Driver, 27 June 2023
• Too bad the Saints blew his would-be conversion on a fake punt in the third quarter, whistled dead by a Josh Hill false start.
  — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2020
• Steal the ball without getting whistled.
  — Jon Root Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2026
• They’d been whistled for 14 fouls, which gave Philadelphia 14 points at the free throw line.
  — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 7 May 2026