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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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The door is heard to open with a whoosh and a hissing sound, but neither the door nor the plane exterior are shown in the aftermath.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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The composers have a WarioWare library’s worth of FX: Tiny alarms for a shocked face; rippling winds to signal someone in deep thought; kitschy screams to ratchet up the suspense; the gratifying whoosh when a vote parchment is read.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
26 Feb. 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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Some of the injured were being taken to hospital in ambulances, and in another video, a loud hissing sound can be heard before a blast hits a few feet away from a crowd of bicyclists.—
Mushtaq Yusufzai,
NBC news,
6 May 2025
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The door is heard to open with a whoosh and a hissing sound, but neither the door nor the plane exterior are shown in the aftermath.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The 2-in-1 Tote Bag keeps your chaos chic with a snap strap for your laptop, zip pockets for the tiny stuff (pacifiers or lip balm, anyone?), and twin open slots for easy phone grabs mid-diaper change.—
Pooja Shah,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2025
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The pack sports an exterior laptop pocket for easy TSA access, catch-all zip pockets for passports and tickets, interior slip pockets for magazines and notebooks, two water bottle holders, a handy magnetic closure and a pass-through strap that attaches to rolling luggage.—
Nora Colomer
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FOXNews.com,
10 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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Bake in preheated oven until hot and lightly bubbling around edges, about 15 minutes.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
17 May 2025
Verb
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That romance quickly fizzled, however, when Tanner Courtad, 32, hit the beach.—
Kristen Baldwin,
EW.com,
12 May 2025
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Sure, the post-election rally fizzled and then some.—
Matthew J. Belvedere,
CNBC,
9 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 24 May. 2025.
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