whistle

Example Sentences

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In “Back to the Future,” Tolkan portrayed Vice Principal Gerald Strickland, who surveyed the school’s halls with a whistle around his neck and a tardy slip burning a hole in his pocket.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Scotland head coach Steve Clarke took positives from his side's 1-0 friendly defeat by Japan at Hampden, but expressed disappointment at the boos that accompanied the full-time whistle.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

Nonetheless, in 1971, a California Democratic congressman named Phil Burton blew the whistle after the fact, reading the secret Justice Department memo into the Congressional Record.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

"The ref blows and we're there, but he doesn't blow the whistle," says Naismith.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

I could not bring myself to sound a whistle or to scold, or to consider gates or curfews.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom