- present participle of swish.
swishing
Example Sentences
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In the summer of 1979 he moved into a house in the Hollywood Hills, and soon adorned its pool with swishing strokes of blue paint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
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
He leaped high in the air and swung the net through the mist with a great swishing sweep of his arm.
From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl
