whoosh
Example Sentences
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Skate dads in L.A. will yell unintelligibly at you as they whoosh by, and when you don’t respond they’ll spend the rest of the session snaking you at every turn.
From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 21, 2025
The sling whips over the top with a whoosh.
From Slate • Jul. 7, 2025
Their breathing, sharp and drawn out with the occasional whoosh, mirrored the rise and fall of their limbs.
From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2024
Rumble, wheeze, groan, roar, whoosh, clank, thud, creak and repeat — this, for me, is the onset of bus reverie.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2024
She ran around the raft making whoosh sounds, and I sighed.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
