whoosh

Example Sentences

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Just a soft, unfelt whoosh of wind, and then the blue light fades.

From Literature

The doors whoosh open behind me again, letting in a blast of warm air, and two paramedics rush past me on the right, pushing a man down the hall on a gurney.

From Literature

After that, Clare had spent many days searching the woods for his missing companion, calling his name, even venturing so close to the human road that he could feel the unsettling whoosh of cars.

From Literature

I focus on the sounds of my own body propelling me forward—my feet drumming against the ground, my arms swishing against the sides of my tank top, my breath whooshing in and out.

From Literature

A bus whooshes by, an unhoused man screams as he walks by with a shopping cart.

From Los Angeles Times