swishing

Example Sentences

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When the Clippers were off to a disastrous second-quarter start, Wall answered with six consecutive points, the last two swishing on his step-back 13-foot jumper.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025

Hutton said: "A horse will move a fly off its backside by swishing its tail, it will react to the lightest of touches."

From BBC • Jul. 24, 2024

In the partially enclosed waiting area, parents stand on both sides of me, hoisting their kids onto their shoulders to watch the cars glide through the tracks of swishing cloth towers.

From Salon • Jul. 21, 2024

Cats display a wide range of visual signals: tails swishing side to side, or raised high in the air; rubbing and curling around our legs; crouching; flattening ears or widening eyes.

From New York Times • Feb. 29, 2024

“You singing in Spanish,” she said, swishing her long skirt left and right.

From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez