swish

Example Sentences

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You will often see Wembanyama close his eyes before free throws, visualizing the swish.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

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

Online and onstage, he’s bitingly funny, roasting the matcha-sipping, Clairo-stanning performative-male stereotypes of his generation of softbois, while also dancing with a low-buttoned, Bowie-worthy swish at the MTV Video Music Awards.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025

Was he half- expecting to hear the creak of a stair or the swish of a cloak?

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling