How to Use whistling in a Sentence

whistling

noun
  • In one of the sound samples, a strange whistling can also be heard.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 1 Oct. 2019
  • Check out the video above to learn more about Lomax and the keys to professional whistling.
    — Wired, 14 Nov. 2019
  • The pilots were informed of the whistling but Alaska claims there’s no report of this.
    — Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2024
  • That’s when Kaufman picked up the whistling torch, determined to not let the art form fall by the wayside.
    — Jessica Gelt, latimes.com, 7 Sep. 2017
  • As her tea kettle starts whistling, Wanda walks inside to pour water into her mug.
    — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 8 Mar. 2021
  • Woodies make several different sounds, all based on shrill whistling.
    — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 15 Feb. 2024
  • For about four weeks, wooded and suburban areas will ring with cicadas’ whistling and buzzing mating calls.
    — The Conversation, oregonlive, 13 Mar. 2021
  • The shop foreman has taken multiple test drives and acknowledged the whistling.
    — John Paul, The Providence Journal, 13 Feb. 2026
  • On damp mornings, a fire crackles in rhythm with his whistling in the kitchen downstairs, his lean body moving around the house’s only heat source.
    — Emily Zebel, Longreads, 23 May 2024
  • Violet still hasn’t warmed up to Andrew Bird; something about the whistling gets under her skin.
    — Washington Post, 5 May 2022
  • They were woken several hours later by the whistling of missiles and the explosions of cluster bombs.
    — Time, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Narrow channels connect them all, so as waves crash into the steps, the water pushes air through the pipes and creates a unique whistling sound.
    — Lauren Smith, House Beautiful, 11 Nov. 2015
  • Archers drew their bows, and the whistling of ceremonial arrows accompanied the bear god home.
    — Jude Isabella, Smithsonian, 18 Oct. 2017
  • Each new song whipped the crowd into a whistling, screaming, standing ovation, and to the owner’s relief, nobody asked for a refund.
    — Jeff Maysh, Smithsonian, 28 June 2018
  • Ricardo hears the whistling of a flute and the beat of a drum played by a fifth volador stomping inches away at the top of the trunk, his back arched and face tilted toward the sky.
    — Leila Miller, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023
  • But Celta’s first goal led to a return of the whistling, which only increased with the Galicians’ equaliser eight minutes later.
    — Mario Cortegana, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
  • No more snipe whistling in the meadow, no more piping of widgeons and chattering of teal as darkness covers the marshes; no more whistling of swift wings when the morning star pales in the east?
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Residents have likened the sound to a shrill whistling, a maddening screech, and — most colorfully — a screaming dinosaur standing on top of the building.
    — Caroline Spivack, Curbed, 9 Apr. 2021
  • But the unconditional love that lives between his parents, with their not-so-secret whistling code, is vibrantly remembered.
    — Sheena Scott, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2021
  • Instead, the whistling of passing trains and the chirping of crickets provided a distinctive soundtrack to the infield chatter and the slaps of balls hitting mitts.
    — Brendan Donley, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2016
  • But there’s a whistling past the graveyard element, too, and as the season goes on, the show swerves deeper and deeper into existential angst and overwhelming grief.
    — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 26 July 2024
  • Set to a live saxophone and drums, towards the end of the performance, Halsey even gave Joe a run for his money with her on-point catchy whistling — now also turned jazzy.
    — Sara Delgado, Teen Vogue, 6 June 2019
  • During the general election, he was accused of racist dog-whistling in his campaign against Democrat Andrew Gillum.
    — Steven Lemongello, orlandosentinel.com, 30 Dec. 2020
  • The especially showy Dolby Atmos audio system made the whistling that opens the film sound cool but unnatural.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2021
  • Previous research has shown that groups of dolphins tend to develop different styles of whistling, but why dolphins develop these styles is still unclear, per a statement.
    — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 June 2022
  • But a person doesn’t need to suffer from a neurological disorder to be extremely aggravated by the sound of constant whistling.
    — Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2020
  • Whether the whistling was simply gamesmanship or something more nefarious, Nevin didn’t like it, or how Cintron was behaving.
    — James Wagner, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2020
  • But – a person doesn’t need to suffer from a neurological disorder to be extremely aggravated by the sound of constant whistling.
    — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 30 Nov. 2020
  • Elba and Swinton shared a warm hug during the post-screening standing ovation, which had the Grand Palais audience swooning and whistling.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 20 May 2022
  • Lewis’s whistling has brought her to a residency in Mexico and a show in Shanghai, but Los Angeles remains home.
    — Shane O’Neill, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024

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