whooshing

present participle of whoosh

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of whooshing The moped-like sound of the Shaheds whooshing above the rooftops still unsettles but no longer terrifies. IEEE Spectrum, 18 May 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whooshing
Verb
  • The crowd should be buzzing and the ball should be flying at Nippert Stadium.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The 48,000 Yankee faithful will be buzzing.
    Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Part of the appeal of drones as hazing tools, however, is that the whirring sound of the rotors is already scary enough for most bears.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 25 Sep. 2025
  • For Catalans, the whirring activity at the Sagrada Família has become a symbol of their can-do culture.
    D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025

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“Whooshing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whooshing. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.

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