whistling
Example Sentences
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Wind speeds are higher up in the sky, and investment bankers are often distracted by whistling gales that blow against the tower.
One was for a spyglass, one for a whorly, whistling shell, and one for a fat red pocketknife in a sheath.
From Literature
Woodstock gets a solo moment too, whistling on Dog Marley’s “Three Little Birds,” set to a perfect one drop beat as Charlie Brown spirals out in a chicken suit while rubber chickens sway.
From Los Angeles Times
Her husband, Joseph Hougebe, remembers whistling into the night, eagerly waiting to hear a paddle tapping against the hull of a dugout canoe -- coded signals in the darkness.
From Barron's
After some scattered cheering, the sound of whistling cut through the stadium music.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
