whoosh
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Even the sound mix is brutally naturalistic, with the dialogue fighting to be heard over the whoosh of traffic in the exterior scenes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
As they sweep past, their beating wings whoosh in unison.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2025
The sling whips over the top with a whoosh.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2025
The oceanic whoosh of interstellar signals to which she’s been listening without cease for years suddenly shifts into something sharp and deliberate.
From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2024
There was the whoosh of a car heading down the street.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
Prescient stock picks and whooshes of inflows have vaulted its assets under management to more than $20 billion, people familiar with the matter said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
Within five milliseconds of that contact, the spinning blade comes to a dramatic brake, and the blade whooshes below the table.
From BBC ● May 11, 2026
It’s common for tires to blow out in a fire, with pressure building until the air whooshes out with a loud pop.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2024
Its whooshes seep into the room, neatly complementing the motion of a computer-animated, widescreen video projection, “Lightscape of the Silence.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2023
I’m about to turn around to look, but another gust of wind whooshes past me, and I’m back in Ms. Lena’s office.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
In Asia, Seoul stocks whooshed 75 percent, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng index bounced 28 percent and Tokyo's Nikkei 225 rocketed more than 26 percent.
From Barron's ● Jan. 2, 2026
It’s fabulous, but the score can feel whooshed into a blender’s whirlwind.
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
We whooshed down toward the earth and back up again.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2023
Suddenly the front door whooshed open, and a young woman entered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2022
Its electric doors whooshed open and a glut of passengers spilled out.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
People often describe it as ringing, buzzing, hissing, or whooshing in one or both ears.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 10, 2026
Meanwhile, a Lego helicopter made whooshing sounds when moved or rotated, with its Smart Brick lighting up red upon crashing.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2026
The car in hand—the Karma Revero, a plug-in hybrid luxury GT, built in Riverside County, Calif.—surged beneath me, producing an otherworldly whooshing as it did.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2025
That lemon drop was a stunt in itself: made with lots of swirling and pouring and whooshing about, yet somehow simultaneously effortless.
From Seattle Times ● May 21, 2024
My heart pounds so hard that, despite the roaring of the crowd, I am aware of blood whooshing through my ears.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
