whoosh

Example Sentences

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“We are not seeing a big whoosh in the economy. We are seeing a strengthening recovery. It’s a cyclical recovery that is eating away at spare capacity from a cyclical low point,” Conway said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

The sling whips over the top with a whoosh.

From Slate • Jul. 7, 2025

Rumble, wheeze, groan, roar, whoosh, clank, thud, creak and repeat — this, for me, is the onset of bus reverie.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2024

“Maestro,” Bradley Cooper’s intimate portrait of Leonard Bernstein, takes flight with a terrific whoosh of exuberance.

From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2023

Not a roar or a boom or a whoosh.

From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis