- present participle of swish.
swishing
Example Sentences
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At the start, he bounded up the left side of the floor, forced Ivica Zubac into the switch and stepped toward the Clippers’ bench before swishing a three-pointer that seemed like it scraped the scoreboard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2025
Hutton said: "A horse will move a fly off its backside by swishing its tail, it will react to the lightest of touches."
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2024
In the partially enclosed waiting area, parents stand on both sides of me, hoisting their kids onto their shoulders to watch the cars glide through the tracks of swishing cloth towers.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 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
“Then Grandma fell backward, arms spread out. At first I thought she slipped, but then she started swishing her arms and legs, making a snow angel.”
From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence
