whistling
Example Sentences
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But if it's a simple tic, like whistling, then she says ignoring it is "the best thing" for her.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
At the same time, they create a high pitched sound by whistling inside the larynx.
From Science Daily • Feb. 25, 2026
Woodstock gets a solo moment too, whistling on Dog Marley’s “Three Little Birds,” set to a perfect one drop beat as Charlie Brown spirals out in a chicken suit while rubber chickens sway.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026
As Ms. Kilpatrick notes, Ravel sometimes deflected praise for “Boléro,” his most famous work—and yet “he was unashamedly delighted when, passing a building site . . . he heard three construction workers whistling his tune.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
But then Jiichan was coming into the room whistling in a sorry fashion—he could hardly whistle, and he couldn’t stay on tune at all!
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
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