swish

Example Sentences

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The swish of polyester skirts in spring pastels — lavender, mint, butter-yellow — as the women of the church organized the spread.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

When it’s your turn, everyone gets into an oversize yellow inner tube, and you swish through an enclosed waterslide.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

Online and onstage, he’s bitingly funny, roasting the matcha-sipping, Clairo-stanning performative-male stereotypes of his generation of softbois, while also dancing with a low-buttoned, Bowie-worthy swish at the MTV Video Music Awards.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025

In the modern game, which has become overrun by monstrously tall super-athletes who can swish 3-pointers as easily as they throw down dunks, every franchise is searching far and wide for the next big thing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 16, 2025

I trudge to the bathroom and do what Mama says: swish water in my mouth and wash my face with a cold paper towel.

From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist