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
  • Cristian Roldan buzzed about, and burst through midfield.
    Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The pagers of emergency room staff at Hennepin Healthcare, in downtown Minneapolis, buzzed yet again — this time carrying especially dire news.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 29 Aug. 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
  • The judge whispered to the clerk, who left and returned with what appeared to be an additional court official who walked across the courtroom and closed the door, leaving the officers out of sight.
    Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 25 Aug. 2025
  • There are whispered auctions in Italy and simultaneous-yelling auctions in Japan.
    Sam Knight, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
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“Whished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whished. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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