swish

Example Sentences

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The swish of polyester skirts in spring pastels — lavender, mint, butter-yellow — as the women of the church organized the spread.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

When it’s your turn, everyone gets into an oversize yellow inner tube, and you swish through an enclosed waterslide.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

Instead, what connects both failures was the fact they were again both drives - the first aggressive swish edged to the slips before a more tentative push.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025

I returned with golden oil, salt like snow flakes and a warm sourdough loaf to join Maria José’s swish tomato.

From Salon • Sep. 14, 2025

“See you at the gate,” Serina said as she and Sam dashed out the door in a swish of bloodred skirts.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin