whistling

[ US /ˈhwɪsɫɪŋ, ˈwɪsɫɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /wˈɪslɪŋ/ ]

NOUN

the act of whistling a tune
his cheerful whistling indicated that he enjoyed his work
the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture
the act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle
the whistle signalled the end of the game

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How To Use whistling In A Sentence

Instead of whistling up some B-52's, the chairborne warriors in thr E-Ring took the exiles seriously. THE NEWS BLOG
But he had to raise his voice to be heard over jeering and whistling from centre-right senators. Times, Sunday Times
The figure slowly walked into the room whistling a familiar tune of one of his favorite bands.
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
She painlessly moves back and forth from fiddle to guitar, singing to whistling, without so much as a flinch.
I'd like to smile and skip down shopping lanes whistling cheerfully but it just isn't in me.
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
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 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

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