whistle down
Example Sentences
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The wind will whistle down Broadway for just a few more performances as Daniel Fish’s audacious version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic comes to a close.
From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2020
But it was only a factory whistle down the street.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Nomad Kuchis seek fresh pasture land for their camels and fat-tailed sheep on the desolate plateaus, as chill winds whistle down from the snowy summits of the 600-mile-long range of the Hindu Kush.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Yep, they agreed, it was true�hardly anybody knows how to whistle down a cab anymore.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Said the engine from the East, They who work best, talk the least, Suppose you whistle down your brakes, What you're done is no great shakes.
From The Story of the First Trans-Continental Railroad Its Projectors, Construction and History by Bailey, W. F.