- present participle of swish.
swishing
Example Sentences
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In the summer of 1979 he moved into a house in the Hollywood Hills, and soon adorned its pool with swishing strokes of blue paint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
"The last thing I remember of Brenda was her ponytail swishing as she walked out of the door," she wrote.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2025
Between the pomp surrounding donning one’s holy livery, pointed glares and swishing red silks and velvets, these cassocked clergymen make bored teenagers seem kind.
From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2024
Cats display a wide range of visual signals: tails swishing side to side, or raised high in the air; rubbing and curling around our legs; crouching; flattening ears or widening eyes.
From New York Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
Under the surface, she turned the bag inside out, swishing it back and forth so that all the flies were washed off into the lemonade.
From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies
