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 sling whips over the top with a whoosh.

From Slate • Jul. 7, 2025

The oceanic whoosh of interstellar signals to which she’s been listening without cease for years suddenly shifts into something sharp and deliberate.

From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2024

The bottles, filled with a whoosh of this natural mineral water, are labeled, packed into cases and placed inside a truck for a long ride.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2023

The whoosh makes her hair fly into her mouth and cools off the sweat on her skin.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti