How To Use Whist In A Sentence

  • The figure slowly walked into the room whistling a familiar tune of one of his favorite bands.
  • Tayside Police admit the whistle-blower's inside knowledge shows he has to be a high-ranking officer - at least an inspector and probably a superintendent.
  • Folks may crow all they want about the roar of Niagara or the growlin’ of the sea—but give me a splendacious peal o’ stormbrewed thunder and your other nat’ral music is no more than a penny whistle is to a church organ! Nevermore
  • My whistle, it appeared, would have to remain mostly unblown. Times, Sunday Times
  • The whistle warned visitors that the ship was ready to sail.
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  • Steven added four penalties and Warren potted a drop-goal in a game which was in the balance right to the final whistle.
  • The sound of the human whistle, like that in the most primitive instrumental forms - a whistle fashioned from a hollow tube of wood or straw - is made by the turbulence generated in an airstream at the narrow orifice formed by pursing the lips.
  • From the seed feeders on the deck come the euphonious calls of chickadees, the bell-like trill of the dark-eyed juncos, the down-slurred whistle of the titmice, the “ank-ank” of the nuthatches, the “zree” of the house finches, and the coo of doves; from the nectar feeders and flowers, the whirr of hummingbird wings. Birdology
  • Eli undershot this dark system. i oversaw Jaime when ate me Sky! it told present arch, that enwound sadly... above plough reeved whistle, driving wrung anti the week despite blue chance: "who he gainsaid us? 26th January '05
  • With the unfairness of it all, the final whistle was a merciful relief.
  • She had a rather nice voice and was also known for whistling. Lost Voices of the Edwardians: 19011910 in the words of the Men & Women Who Were There
  • But he had to raise his voice to be heard over jeering and whistling from centre-right senators. Times, Sunday Times
  • She painlessly moves back and forth from fiddle to guitar, singing to whistling, without so much as a flinch.
  • But the time has surely come to blow the whistle on these jokers.
  • I'd like to smile and skip down shopping lanes whistling cheerfully but it just isn't in me.
  • Each hospital is also appointing local whistleblowing guardians. Times, Sunday Times
  • It had been 40 years since the company closed the railway, but now there was again an echo in the wilderness, as the whistle blew once more.
  • Sometimes teams say we have a referee and linesman and we go on until they whistle. Times, Sunday Times
  • The whistle blew
  • What began in 1968 as a Beltway junkie's labor of love has turned into an authoritative collection of whistle-stopping campaign slogans and vicious slings and arrows of partisan attacks that stretches all the way back to the Founding Fathers (who came up with terms like "electioneer" and the party "ticket"). How to Sound Presidential
  • He heard her singing about the house, -- gay, larksome little snatches, -- and she whistled merrily as she worked in the garden. Viola Gwyn
  • All I could do was frantically reach for my safety whistle and blow like crazy to alert the raft crew.
  • Keill acted as a propagator of Newton's philosophy and argued against Whiston and others.
  • The game was stuck in the middle of the pitch for long periods as both teams cancelled each other out and the referee constantly whistled for minor offences stopping either side gaining momentum.
  • They wolf-whistled at me, and I was so embarrassed I tripped up.
  • It was a cavern in the side of a mountain, overshadowed with palm trees, at such a distance from the cataract that nothing more was heard than a gentle uniform murmur, such as composes the mind to pensive meditation, especially when it was assisted by the wind whistling among the branches. Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia
  • Through an intricate series of hand gestures and melodic whistles, she quickly garnered its trust and shepherded it into our gated, side yard.
  • The fun began the moment the final whistle sounded. Kevin Keegan - Black and White
  • The whistle is to be blown only in the event of emergencies and must be visibly worn at all times while on the premises.
  • This book is also about hog-killing and smokehouses, about making lye hominy and gathering wild greens, about ramps and cushaws and leather-britches, about cracklin’ bread and corn-cob jelly, whistle pig and poke sallet, apple butter and stack cakes.’
  • By now he was in a huddle with two locals, fingering silent chords while one of them played something softly on a penny whistle.
  • The new man, now on the inside, will blow the whistle. Times, Sunday Times
  • That's the hardest part of this whole job: walking into the changing-room at the final whistle and trying to gee up the boys.
  • If it had not been for Kennedy, Pamela, and Captain Pellew coming to play whist the last few days, he thought he would surely go insane.
  • Bronwyn stuck two fingers in her mouth and whistled, a high, piercing sound.
  • Tunisia put the ball in Spain's net, but the whistle had long since gone for offside.
  • The grandfather stood under the door, watching her, when suddenly a shrill whistle was heard. Heidi
  • UC Berkeley physicist Richard Packard and grad student Emile Hoskinson managed to hear the quantum vibrations, known as quantum whistles, of a supercold condensed fluid as it's pushed through an array of tiny holes 1,000 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair. Boing Boing: January 23, 2005 - January 29, 2005 Archives
  • 'Very likely,' answered the pedlar, with great composure; 'but ne'ertheless, I shall take leave to whistle again upon puir Bawty.' Waverley
  • She could tell the approach of the milkman by the whistled notes that somehow always flatted.
  • Eventually, there was a sharp whistle and the boys looked around at the whistler.
  • Most of the 200 or so runs across the two mountains are far more sedate, and Whistler is even establishing a reputation as a decent place to learn to ski.
  • Vancouver - Weather conditions were improving ahead of the men's downhill at Whistler Creekside Monday in good news for organizers who have had to rejuggle their Olympics alpine ski programme. The Earth Times Online Newspaper
  • These include harps, lyres, whistles, horns, pan-pipes, bones, psalteries and some form of drum.
  • Mr Blunkett's whistle-stop tour continued with meetings with Keighley Together, a group set up to underline the positive images of the town, and the Braithwaite People's Association.
  • replied the second voice, and with that, the soft whistle of a whippoorwill's call echoed around the manor.
  • Referee Declan Corcoran had a busy match, whistling for 45 frees and flashing no less than eight yellow cards in what was a very stop-start game throughout.
  • The noon whistles blew before Sam's task was finished, but by the time he departed for lunch there was made a bed of such quality that Whitey must needs have been born faultfinder if he complained of it. Short Stories of Various Types
  • The long whining whistle of a shell was followed by the dull boom of the explosion.
  • She's accompanied here by some cracking musicians, including Cunningham himself on piano, cittern and whistles, with Ed Boyd's deft guitar and the bodhrán of Mark Maguire.
  • It is only an ass like Justice Shallow, who would pitch upon the over-scutched tunes, which the carmen whistled, and try to pass them off as his FANCIES and his Chronicles of the Canongate
  • The faint whistling of birdsong awoke Marcs as it crept into his cell.
  • But he had to raise his voice to be heard over jeering and whistling from centre-right senators. Times, Sunday Times
  • The ball fell to Jimmy Hedges and his strike was again blocked on the line as the whistle went.
  • His only accompaniment was the soft hiss of snow passing beneath his skis and the low whistle of the wind as it shaped the loose powder.
  • This section of road was flat and not having the wind whistling through our helmets we became acutely aware of just how isolated and tranquil our surroundings were.
  • Final whistle on ugly face of football? Times, Sunday Times
  • The teacher took out his whistle and signaled to begin.
  • I whistle softly, then throw it across the carpets towards the windows.
  • Armed with his banjo, tinwhistle, poetry, stagecraft and his magnificent baritone voice, Tommy has been mesmerising audiences for more than forty years.
  • Cham of Tartary themselves, contended to load me with gifts — doth he think I am to abide in this old castle like a bullfinch in a cage, fain to sing as oft as he chooses to whistle, and all for seed and water? Quentin Durward
  • Players and staff from both benches aimed kicks and punches at each other at the final whistle before fans invaded the pitch. The Sun
  • And, as if it to prove a point, he shepherded us to the top deck for an aerial, whistle-stop tour of the city away from the thundering road drills.
  • A sonic whistle is very old technology, to the point of almost being forgotten.
  • WHISTLER In his fourth Olympics, U.S. biathlon veteran Jay Hakkinen was determined not to let his team go out meekly from a disappointing Games. After disappointing Olympics, U.S. biathletes look forward
  • Philip's mother, Carol, said that instead of a dummy he was given a sheepdog whistle as a baby, and he's never looked back.
  • A whistle-blower's e-mail from someone at the authors' institution indicated that data in the study were fabricated.
  • Li, who recently presented her results at the Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, will begin trials of Isorhy in rodents later this year.
  • Their range includes hunch-whistles, high squeaky or piping whistles, trills, and alarm screams.
  • The new man, now on the inside, will blow the whistle. Times, Sunday Times
  • I was wondering if you would join us in a game of whist.
  • The occasional muffled whistle indicated that the train was catching up with me.
  • He turned his gaze back to Sarah and her friends who were quietly indulging themselves in a game of whist whilst the party was in full swing around them.
  • Rather than rewarding whistleblowers who had been punished for their good deeds, Obama has signing statemented away constraints on his power to retaliate against whistleblowers by firing them. Six Months of Immunity
  • He drew 6,000 people to the Main Line Wynnewood train station on Saturday as he whistle-stopped his way across the southeast, south central portion of the state. What to Watch When You Are Watching the Pa. Returns - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
  • Even ‘one-horse, whistle-stop’ towns such as Tadcaster have a proper off-the-road coach park.
  • It is also used for regular card games and whist drives.
  • Scouts never grouse at hardships nor whine at each other, nor_ swear _when put out, but go on whistling and smiling. Young Knights of the Empire : Their Code, and Further Scout Yarns
  • This is possible because of the trumping rule, which is different from that in whist or bridge.
  • The town of Whistler lies 15 miles away, just over the summit of 7,639-foot Rainbow Mountain.
  • Calling the SEC "nonfunctional" and harmful to the reputation of the U.S. as a global financial leader, Markopolos recommended ways to revamp the agency, including replacing its senior staff and establishing a central office to receive complaints from whistleblowers. NewsObserver.com - Home
  • Drawn primarily from the Metropolitan's collections, the exhibition features more than fifty instruments from small personal types such as panpipes and courting whistles to larger forms played at performances heard by the entire community, such as the exquisitely carved temple drums of the Austral Islands or the imposing sacred slit gongs of New Guinea. NYC.com's Exclusive New York City Event Calendar : Art
  • The most exercise I get is blowing the whistle at the end. The Sun
  • On the days when she wore a skirt the men on the building site would whistle at her.
  • The final whistle was only seconds away when Redknapp equalised.
  • As the final whistle blew on a 3-3 draw that featured the sending-off of pantomime villain Sinisa Mihajlovic, I turned to him and said: "Bloody hell, that was quite a game. The Auteur proves his value in offhand dismissals of class acts | Harry Pearson
  • What will be going on behind the sideline masks they will wear for most of the time tomorrow when the whistle shrills the start of the Allianz Hurling League final?
  • This matter was discussed again during a meeting with Uefa after those disgraceful scenes which followed the final whistle. Times, Sunday Times
  • On the final whistle he had already ripped the captain's armband from his shirt.
  • The message was greeted by whistles. Times, Sunday Times
  • Everywhere are evidences of faded ambitions and forlorn whistles in the dark…
  • Whistling a quick tune or two can really help you keep a positive frame of mind when life's little niggles get to you.
  • A day had hardly passed, after the second rejection of Mr. Canning at her door, before the thought of whistling him back again flashed luringly across Carlisle's mind. V. V.'s Eyes
  • He wore coaching shorts, his three-button Ro-Hawks our nickname polo shirt, and a Ro-Hawks hat, and he always had a whistle around his neck. Heartbreak &triumph
  • The bomb exploded, sending shrapnel whistling through the trees.
  • And off we strolled, whistling merry Christmas tunes, and with only the very slightest of hops, skips and jumps in our step.
  • Bargain whistles no longer come under a cloud of shame and ignominy. Times, Sunday Times
  • The Cabinet Minister made whistle-stop visits to meetings in York and Scarborough and Whitby - the constituencies of Labour MPs Hugh Bayley and Lawrie Quinn.
  • We owe Debra an immeasurable debt of gratitude for blowing the whistle.
  • Does your chest wheeze or make whistling sounds even when you do not have a cold?
  • I'm very suspicious of websites that confront you with bells and whistles and all manner of cunning design.
  • You can pressure-cook it; turn the flame off after two whistles. Daily News & Analysis
  • The lead was reduced to six points but Silsden managed to hold on with Bowness slotting a drop goal as the final whistle blew.
  • The young vato lets a whistle go out.
  • The only noise was the whistling north wind that made a coat feel good while my legs browned from a blazing sun. The Road To El Dorado
  • Thus, we can perceive the sound emitted by a piccolo but not that from a dog whistle.
  • Syrens whooped, steam whistles shrieked hoarsely; the raucous voices of fog-horns proclaimed the whereabouts of scores of craft, passing up and down the river; but the trim-built barge slid noiselessly along, ghost-like, in the dun-colored "smother," giving no intimation of her proximity. Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers
  • The final whistle brought a huge sigh of relief from the home crowd. The Sun
  • We might as well have been whistling in the wind. Times, Sunday Times
  • The Government Accountability Project, a Washington-based nonprofit organization dedicated to whistle-blower protection, had filed complaints of retaliation on behalf of the two staff members with the Ethics Office. U.N. investigations chief under investigation
  • Martin emitted a long, low whistle of incredulity, then proceeded to resurrect and read a carbon copy of "The Palmist. Chapter 29
  • Ajet's header under pressure had put him in between the two last defenders, but referee Mr L. Williams spurned the chance to play advantage and whistled for the foul on the provider.
  • After a scrappy start, both teams settled down with York producing a series of incisive moves, all of which collapsed either at the whistle of the referee or their own indiscretions.
  • The company is adding bells and whistles as it goes. Times, Sunday Times
  • I started whistling, as I lined the capsule up with an open magnetic bay, and prepared to bring it in for a perfect landing.
  • Gordon Kearney was narrowly wide with a penalty and then Jon Slattery was held up on the last of many drives for the line before the half time whistle.
  • Birds are whistling, got to be early. The Sun
  • Long before the end the atmosphere had gone from the place, the final whistle greeted by dutiful cheers rather than raw passion.
  • Colm won first on the drums and second on the bodhrán, while Robert took first place in the whistling competitions and third in the flute competition.
  • It's tipping down with rain, Poland are kicking from right to left and Portugal get proceedings underway after Hugh blows his big blue whistle.
  • All I could do was frantically reach for my safety whistle and blow like crazy to alert the raft crew.
  • Such ‘cultural events’ have become popular whistle-stops for political parties keen to woo the nearly 300,000 Asian New Zealanders of voting age.
  • For many, whistleblowers, tattling on the boss still means career suicide - with no applause.
  • Sun Rings is a piece composed by Terry Riley for string quartet and a 60-voice choir, and part of it comes from the whistlers recorded by NASA's explorations into space.
  • The whistles on trains are called chimes, usually sounding a diminished 7th so as not to seem cheerful. "You see, their young enter through the ears and wrap themselves around the cerebral cortex."
  • Cecil was whistling away when suddenly he gave a tremendous "whew" of astonishment and sprang to his feet. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901
  • Just tap the shell to cycle through the four modes: 1) walk and run mode where it will waddle for you; 2) Sing mode where it sings a song; 3) Race mode where it will run as fast as it can signalled by the "pipi" of a whistle) and 4) Rhythm mode where it will walk in a rhythm you create through the tapping of its shell. Mini Robotic Turtle – Calpis Walkie Bits
  • Birds ordinarily mute are vociferous, and the rowdy ones -- the varied honey-eater as an example -- losing all control of their tongues, call and whistle in ecstasy. Confessions of a Beachcomber
  • The notion of failure ( "the sand in the oyster that isn't a pearl", as he wrote in Anyone Can Whistle) was quickly incorporated as a theme, along with ambivalence, mild irritation, petulance and panic - states and sentiments that traditional musicals shove aside for the bigger, blowsier ones. Culture | guardian.co.uk
  • An unnamed whistleblower outlined in detail to Ireland On Sunday how he took part in such fixing, at times casting as many as four votes in the same election.
  • The tendency of bureaucrats to take a dim view of whistle-blowers is particularly marked in the military.
  • Far away in the distance, a train whistled.
  • Elsewhere, we see artist Jude Buffum reflect on the financial crisis also through Mario's lens (and made an open plea for more financial system gaming), saw how Shigeru Miyamoto lifted ancient Japanese legend when creating Super Mario, and wolf-whistled at PopCap's Plants Vs. Zombies doing an absolutely phenomenal job of parodying the ubiquitous bosomy banner ads for free-to-play game Evony (above). Boing Boing
  • Final whistle on ugly face of football? Times, Sunday Times
  • `Fratelli D'Italia, l'Italia s'è desta, dell'elmo di Scipio, S'è cinto la testa... "while Signora Cara snored, whistling gently. THE GOLDEN LION
  • Concern that doctors and other health workers were too afraid to blow the whistle on colleagues led to the setting-up of a new early warning system designed to enshrine the rights of whistle-blowers.
  • Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush. Doug Larson 
  • Nurses also may not report other nurses for fear of being perceived as snitches or labeled as whistle-blowers.
  • Poorly protected from the Pacific Ocean, chill winds and dense fog-banks whistled and swirled sadly across the sand-dunes. CHAPTER XXI
  • It took internal whistle-blowing and investigative journalism to uncover the rot.
  • Voters who hear McCain's dog whistle and then listen to it (certain evangelicals, dyed in the wool bigots) wouldn't vote for Obama anyway. Discourse.net: New Low For McCain Campaign: Obama == The Anti-Christ
  • The audience cheered and whistled, but the happy couple was oblivious.
  • We sell these world wide to hotels who use them for the concierge to whistle up a taxi!
  • The conviction of Iran / Contra whistleblower Celerino "Cele" Castillo III late last year on federal charges of dealing in firearms without a license is beginning to look more and more like a travesty of justice. The NarcoSphere -
  • A man cannot whistle and drink at he same time. 
  • The policeman whistled them to stop.
  • You're likely to see waders as well as a variety of herons, stilts, and even the endangered West Indian whistling duck.
  • In general, vocalizations are varied and include: trumpeting, whistles, twitters, honks, barks, grunts, quacks, croaks and growls.
  • Mark jumped aside as Grace pushed past him and made a watch out kind of whistle.
  • At least 18 people were wrongly committed by Highland doctors, according to a whistle-blower who claims she has since been forced out of her job as a medical records officer.
  • It was at that point that the screw thread stripped and the pressure blew the whistle up in the air.
  • See that girl barefooting along Whistling and singing, she's a-carrying on Got laughing in her eyes Dancing in her feet She's a neon diamond She can live on the street Chorus Hey, hey, come right away Come and join the party Every day Hey, hey, come right away Come and join the party every day Well, everybody's dancing in a ring around the sun Nobody's finished, we ain't even begun So take off your shoes, child And take off your hat Try on your wings And find out where it's at The WELL: The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)
  • The whistle (cue) comes before the behavior and tells the animal what behavior to perform; the clicker (reinforcer) comes after the behavior and tells the animal that the behavior it just performed is reinforceable. Can You Clicker-Train a Gun Dog?
  • Riot police also gave the officials protection as they left the pitch at the final whistle. The Sun
  • The children dressed in soccer gear whistled, shook rattles and cheered as the orchestra gave a rousing rendition of this well known football anthem.
  • Ref blows the full-time whistle and you video the teams shaking hands and walking off the field.
  • Brandon whistled lowly, and I rolled my blue eyes.
  • A selected audience duly provided accompaniment to the chancellor's speech with whistling and catcalls.
  • One of the aliens scuttled forward and fiddled with one of its gadgets, finally producing an audible series of grunts, whistles, and squeaks which to Jerome's untutored ears sounded exactly like the sounds of dolphins. A Simple Misunderstanding
  • Hurtling through the air, it seemed, with a sense of fierce speed, the varied clangors of the train, the ringing of the rails, the frequent hoarse blasts of the whistle, the jangling of the metallic fixtures, the jarring of the window-panes, all were keenly differentiated by her exacerbated and sensitive perceptions, and each had its own peculiar irritation. The Ordeal A Mountain Romance of Tennessee
  • Koch spokeswoman Cohlmia says the company reported its compliance issues to the state before a whistle-blower did so.
  • There is a whist drive on the second and fourth Monday of each month.
  • Not withstanding that risk, under the Constitution, the judiciary is in the best position to blow the whistle on runaway majorities.
  • He indicated his information came from FDA whistle-blowers.
  • He enters the classroom in a blinding heavenly light, to the accompaniment of whistling winds and rolling tumbleweed that usually accompanies Clint Eastwood in a spaghetti western.
  • The train whistled and slowly began its entrance to the London station.
  • Nocturne – a term taken over by Chopin from the Irish composer John Field, but frequently employed by painters, too, particularly Whistler – is written in the relaxed, ambulatory tone of an 18th-century rambler's tale. Nocturne: A Journey in Search of Moonlight by James Attlee – review
  • Weekly programs include exercise classes, mall walking, noon meals, choir and orchestra practices, harmonica band practice, bridge, whist, cribbage and table games.
  • One of the main social events in the hall is the Friday night whist drives which attract whist players from all over Laois and neighbouring counties.
  • It is, in truth, almost as bad as it sounds; but this song has wormed its way into my affections, probably something to do with the whistling. Readers recommend: songs with special guests
  • The strategy incorporates new policies to govern fraud, corruption and whistle-blowing in the city.
  • The gums were full of budgies, skawking and whistling their parodies of songbirds; finches wheeled from branch to branch; two sulphur-crested cockatoos sat with their heads to one side watching her progress with twinkling eyes; willy-wagtails fossicked in the dirt for ants, their absurd rumps bobbing; crows carked eternally and mournfully. The Thorn Birds
  • The one wild card for this is federal protections for whistle-blowers. Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » And People Trust Government?
  • They were standing in a butcher shop, with the wind whistling through the cracks around the door.
  • Both sides went on all-out attack from the first whistle, but Storeys took the lead when a Cartmel defender miskicked to tee up the ball for Nick Pinnington.
  • When a bow is drawn across a string, the result might be a musical note at the desired pitch, but on the other hand it might be an undesirable whistle, screech or graunch.
  • Yet while they sing naturally, songbirds are also trained by their owners, who spend many hours whistling tunes at them, or playing birdsong on tape as examples to follow.
  • The wind had been howling for three days now, a storm from the east that whistled across the high tops and dumped sudden squalls of sleeting rain in the valleys.
  • The Church of Scotland may long have raised funds through raffles, tombolas and whist drives, but it disapproves of gambling.
  • Quite the contrary, that whistle blower is assisting in upholding U.S. law and thus is assisting in protecting our national security. Think Progress » ABC’s Ross: Surveillance of Journalists ‘Makes Me Feel…As If We Are Drug Dealers or Terrorists’
  • If a qui tam suit, is brought by a whistleblower also known as a "relator", the whistleblower may be entitled to 15-30% of the government's total recovery. Whistleblower Law Blog
  • They'd enjoyed a game of snap or whist or gin rummy.
  • Whiston fire station officer Phil Brammeier blasted pranksters who fired a rocket firework through a letterbox in Scott Avenue.
  • Whistling when he sees something he likes, this baby dino is quite a flirt! Robot Dinosaurs In Love « Isegoria
  • Wallace blew his shrilly whistle and dismissed the team, who tiredly made their way to the locker room.
  • I have done almost no birding, except yesterday when I saw a Hooded Butcherbird sitting on a coconut frond, tilting back its head and ruffling its pied plumage as it whistled its loud, musical song.
  • Then the Major sat on the bed and whistled; for the spectacle of the senior native commissioned officer of the regiment, an "unmixed" Bhil, a Companion of the Order of British India, with thirty-five years 'spotless service in the army, and a rank among his own people superior to that of many The Day's Work - Volume 1
  • He plays Celtic whistle, didgeridoo, panpipes, flute and bass flute in his trademark blend of Celtic, classical, jazz and folk music.
  • The half-time whistle sounded and traditional sliced oranges were brought round on trays for fans wilting from the sticky heat.
  • A mixture of wayward finishing and last-gasp defending ensured the game remained goalless at the final whistle.
  • I played Bagpipes in two separate pipe bands in Dublin - anecdote: in school, a music teacher was evaluating our playing of the tin whistle, and when he came to me, he saw immediately from the way I was holding it that I had training in a "pipe" instrument (uillean pipes and bag pipes are fingered similarly). Irish Blogs
  • blacksnake," and, with a low whistle, urged his animals, that bounded forward, snorting with fear as a crack of thunder followed, booming down the gorges with deafening echoes. The Shagganappi
  • A stray bullet whistled past his ear.
  • Strong north-westerly winds whistling around Blackpool's cavernous Winter Gardens this week appear to have blown away the Conservatives.
  • Interviews suggest that the fullest migrators tend to be long-time Windows developers with a need to keep up with all of the latest bells-and-whistles.
  • Presently she began to chirrup to the bird: soon her chirrup grew clearer; erelong she was whistling; the whistle struck into a tune, and very sweetly and deftly it was executed. Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte
  • But for travelers accustomed to the bells and whistles of a big ship, a week at sea with little more than card games and some old DVDs for entertainment can make even the cushiest yacht feel like a dinghy. Cruise Ships Out; Yachts In
  • When did you last hear a milkman whistling a current pop tune? Times, Sunday Times
  • The venue absolutely erupts - hands in the air, whoops and whistles and hollers and general mentalism.
  • He whistled as he poured some rich, black coffee into a stainless cup on the counter.

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