whoosh
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And then whoosh — whatever the ball hit, it knocked down everything at once.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026
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
The morning simmered into the afternoon, and the news of the day continued to whoosh by.
From Slate ● Mar. 8, 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
There was no noise except for the whoosh of my breathing and the rushing of my own heartbeat.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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
She stirs spirits with the barely heard whooshes of drum brushes waved in the air.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2025
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 go for the door—my now-drenched socks nearly slipping on the wet ground—but the akrafena whooshes over my head and comes to a stop in front of me.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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
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
An arsenal of elevators whooshed guests up to the 101st floor.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2022
The roar of the distant train whooshed into the station.
From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin
Liza N. remembers an aspect of it that images can’t convey: “I will never forget the whooshing sound it made. You could hear it from the east and travel westward. It was magical.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
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
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
Fawkes went whooshing past Harry’s ear and settled on Dumbledore’s shoulder, just as Harry found himself and Ron being swept into Mrs. Weasley’s tight embrace.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
