swooshed

past tense of swoosh

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of swooshed But it can easily be lifted away, swooshed through the air, and opened up to be interacted with. Kim Snaith, Space.com, 29 Dec. 2025 As Ger stood by, the panels swooshed open and a kid with a skateboard walked in. Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Apr. 2025 Lately, guests at top-tier resorts around the world have been given plenty of opportunities to experience such transformations—or, at the very least, to feel nurtured and relaxed while being gently swooshed and stretched. Flora Tsapovsky, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 July 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swooshed
Verb
  • Dreaming up ‘The Curse of a Forsaken Heart’ was the first time my creative voice poured back in.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The victim was left naked on a floor with head injuries and broken ribs, and one attacker poured floor cleaner onto his open wounds.
    Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • As an alternative to Starlink, the Ukrainians have rushed to develop reliable drones equipped with AI, which offer a way to get around Russia’s counter-drone defenses.
    Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The toddler had been rushed to UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland early Wednesday following a blaze at a residence in the 200 block of 15th Street that began burning about a half hour after an earlier fire at a residence two doors away.
    Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026

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“Swooshed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swooshed. Accessed 22 Aug. 2026.

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