whoosh
Example Sentences
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Skate dads in L.A. will yell unintelligibly at you as they whoosh by, and when you don’t respond they’ll spend the rest of the session snaking you at every turn.
From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 21, 2025
The morning simmered into the afternoon, and the news of the day continued to whoosh by.
From Slate • Mar. 8, 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
Coach said the second whoosh was coming tomorrow.
From "Sunny" by Jason Reynolds
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