whistling

Example Sentences

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He’s a big whistler—and actually pretty good at it as far as whistling goes.

From Literature

As Ms. Kilpatrick notes, Ravel sometimes deflected praise for “Boléro,” his most famous work—and yet “he was unashamedly delighted when, passing a building site . . . he heard three construction workers whistling his tune.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“I heard someone whistling the show’s theme song, and it wasn’t a child — it was an adult sweeping the street,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times

Oh, and what, a whistling monkey took it?

From Literature

Just thinking about it prompted Penelope to start humming the wordless little sea chantey that Simon had been whistling earlier.

From Literature