How To Use Whistle In A Sentence

  • 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.
  • Steven added four penalties and Warren potted a drop-goal in a game which was in the balance right to the final whistle.
Linguix Browser extension
Fix your writing
on millions of websites
Linguix writing coach
  • 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.
  • But the time has surely come to blow the whistle on these jokers.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 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.
  • 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
  • The occasional muffled whistle indicated that the train was catching up with me.
  • 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.
  • 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…
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Long before the end the atmosphere had gone from the place, the final whistle greeted by dutiful cheers rather than raw passion.
  • 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."
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • The strategy incorporates new policies to govern fraud, corruption and whistle-blowing in the city.
  • The one wild card for this is federal protections for whistle-blowers. Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » And People Trust Government?
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Incidentally not once during the five days did the shrill sound of a whistle disturb concentration.
  • Using flutes, whistles, and drums to communicate is a very old idea. The Languages of Tone and Rhythm
  • What about journalists and whistleblowers supposedly quaking in fear over possible retribution? Times, Sunday Times
  • Silent enim leges inter arma," he wrote, which loosely observes that referees can swallow their whistles in a tough match.
  • My grandfather wanted to look through the book and quickly became enthralled by its colorful plates of whistlers, honeyeaters, parrots, pigeons, and doves.
  • He's also an expert whistler but that's probably my least favorite aspect of his music, tho it's pretty impressive.
  • As the march swung past Number 10 there was a cacophony of whistles, boos, jeers and insults.
  • He has been a prominent victim of alleged witch-hunts against whistle-blowers in the NHS.
  • However, our dilemma is compounded by a peculiar trait of our society; far too many people despise whistle-blowers, as much or more than persons who commit crimes.
  • Mr Blair is preparing for a whistle-stop tour of Berlin, Paris, Washington, New York and Brussels.
  • These essays and poems collectively establish a literary tradition for the country rooted in gauchesco poetry, in both European and Argentine writers, in the frontier-like atmosphere of the compadritos: "Foulmouthed men who whiled away their time behind a whistle or a cigarette and whose distinctive traits were a high-combed mane of hair, a silk handkerchief, high-heeled shoes, a bent-over gait, a challenging gaze … [in a] classic time of gangs, of Indians," i.e., the characters in "The Man on Pink Corner" and the men Dahlmann encounters when he travels South. CounterPunch
  • This must be one of the few parts of the world where wine, walking and sea air are bound up with the hoot of the whistle and the hiss of the brakes.
  • In the 1830s and 40s railway mania charged across the country like a runaway train, and he was up at the front blowing the whistle.
  • Please read the article while endeavoring not to laugh, chortle, snicker, hoot or whistle.
  • Ungainly but smooth, this theme gives the audience something to whistle on the way home.
  • Saratoga with his shrill whistle and stentorian voice called his dauntless braves where the fight was thickest! History of the United States, Volume 2 (of 6)
  • Behind them, the man in the cowboy hat let out a whistle and they stopped.
  • The first version of the house he designed for James McNeill Whistler was rejected by the Metropolitan Board of Works but, even so, the finished product in white brick with a high, green-tiled mansard roof has the austerity of Modernism.
  • It is also a telling message to every Indian who thinks that sports begins and ends in that quadrangle called playfield: there is definitely life after the final whistle which demands a steady flow of money. The Times of India
  • Days of oppressive weariness and languor, whose realities have the feeble sickliness of dreams; nights, whose dreams are fierce realities of agony; sinking health, tottering frames, incipient madness, and worse, the consciousness of incipient madness; this is the price of their whistle. Mary Barton
  • Mrs. d' Urberville instructs Tess to whistle to the bullfinches that Mrs. d' Urberville treats as pets and Alec surprises Tess as she's practicing her whistling in the garden.
  • And I don't think many people know of another trait of this many-faceted genius: that he could whistle beautifully.
  • I'm a good whistler, but still: no one wants to hear anyone else whistle.
  • He would whistle whenever he wanted its presence and obediently it would flutter its wings to its owner's shoulders.
  • I got into push-up position and heard some whistles and cat-calls behind me as I did my first one.
  • As I stood up a bullet whistled past my back.
  • Whistler's charm was genuine and completely spontaneous.
  • I'm tired of their whistles and hoots and tweets.
  • Almost as soon as we dropped into the water we were deafened by a series of high-pitched clicks and squeaks and whistles, and about 20 dolphins turned up.
  • Steam and smoke are rising in clouds from the audience of whistle-toters as the gospelised dance anthem Come Together is followed by the filling-loosening bass riff of Loaded, the group's l990 chart break-through.
  • This was the era of phone phreaking: black boxes, blue boxes, Captain Crunch whistles.
  • `I should keep your money, Mum, I was on a whistle-stop tour down memory lane. FALLEN WOMEN
  • ‪ MC: So can you tell us how the journey across the Heartland is going so far, since you whistle-stopped out of Philadelphia? COMIC-CON 2010: DC's DAN DiDIO talks Superman, Wonder Woman & why he loves fan interaction
  • Call The seven-way Iverson Combination Whistle in cocobolo or African blackwood is as elegant as the pintail drake itself. Field Guide: Know Your Waterfowl
  • As far as pluck went he had enough for two, and when the whistle blew for no-side he had not let Paget through once, and The Gold Bat
  • The whistle would go, Whitaker would show us how to swing over the regulator and we would be away.
  • The referee should also whistle immediately if any player in the scrummage is lifted off his feet or is forced upwards out of the scrummage.
  • Cornet Richard Grahame descended the hill, bearing in his hand the extempore flag of truce, and making his managed horse keep time by bounds and curvets to the tune which he whistled. Old Mortality
  • The report will also demand a commitment from the food industry to a whistleblowing code that encourages workers to expose wrongdoing. Times, Sunday Times
  • However, she was not aware, until Davis settled in, that his nights were a continual calliope of snorts, wheezes, gasps, grunts and whistles — in several different keys, no less. The Love Tap
  • The lightest models may not have all the bells and whistles, but they will usually serve for short trips unless you do serious multimedia authoring while on the road.
  • I whistled up my trusty steed and galloped across the badlands towards a rundown town, my mount kicking up grit with its hooves. The Sun
  • Occasionally it even becomes necessary to whistle aside some impertinent kongoni that has placed himself between the metals! African Camp Fires
  • The same con game is used by people of questionable ethics who invented the term "snitch" to demonize and prevent whistleblowers "ratting them out. Thestar.com - Home Page
  • A bullet whistled past his ear.
  • The real whistle-blowers and heroes here are those who understood this point and got word via the press to the American public.
  • A steep, wall as clean as a whistle, without a scrap of vegetation.

Report a problem

Please indicate a type of error

Additional information (optional):

This website uses cookies to make Linguix work for you. By using this site, you agree to our cookie policy