whished

past tense of whish
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as in hissed
to make a sound like that of stretching out the speech sound \s\ the match whished as it burst into flame

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for whished
Verb
  • Cicadas hummed as the sun set over the Kansas City, Kansas, Unified Government Municipal Building Tuesday, as a crowd of somber faces turned towards a Kansas City, Kansas Police Department vehicle.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Interstate 10 hummed with cars rushing north toward Phoenix, drivers pushing to get ahead of what was bearing down on them.
    Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Nineteen hours after departure the train took its final breath, hissed and braked into the historic port of Narvik.
    The Editors, Outside, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The previous week, Nini had boldly hissed at her from five feet away.
    Tao Lin, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Neural highways that once buzzed with activity are becoming quiet country roads, rarely traveled and slowly overgrown.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • At the beginning of a tumultuous time, the air at our rally buzzed with community.
    Padma Balaji, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Five of them buzzed the front counter smoothie station, three zipped about under the front counter service window, two flew under a prep table and another two over a prep table.
    David J. Neal Updated August 22, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
  • When asked if Flynn had reached out to him recently to discuss taking over as Lucius, the White Lotus star zipped his lips.
    EW.com, EW.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Cali whispered into the phone for an hour, until Vic reached over Andy’s head and squeezed her thigh.
    Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
  • More recently, staff members of Celine have whispered that their outgoing designer, the enigmatic Hedi Slimane (who’s also had stints at Dior Homme and YSL) — will be the man.
    Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Whished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whished. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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