How to Use whoosh in a Sentence

whoosh

1 of 2 noun
  • Open spaces whoosh with fresh air.
    — Mike Albo, Travel + Leisure, 8 June 2026
  • Strange whooshes of cold air had servers afraid to use the stairs.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2019
  • And with that, whoosh, our eyebrows were singed and cheeks scorched.
    — Matt Slater, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026
  • As the rain picked up, the whoosh of raindrops through all of the leaves warned me.
    — Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2022
  • Then a whoosh of snow tattered the trees and night swallowed us whole.
    — Rosanna Warren, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Then came the whoosh of helicopters, revving up to ready the course.
    — Rachel Levin, WSJ, 3 July 2018
  • Then, with a whoosh, the machine moves on, leaving a glassy trail.
    — Blair Braverman, Outside, 22 Dec. 2025
  • A couple more degrees and whoosh.
    — Zuzana Říhová, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The clack-clack-clack of the pilot light led to a whoosh of flame coming to life.
    — Washington Post, 1 May 2021
  • Like levees breaking in my limbs, blood rushed to my stomach in a whoosh.
    — Marina Gomberg, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Aug. 2020
  • Then, exhale completely (through the mouth) to make a whoosh sound.
    — Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The whoosh of blood circulating around my skull.
    — Rosecrans Baldwin, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Joshua bent over the cake, closed his eyes, made a wish — a long one — and then blew out the candles in a whoosh.
    — Dorie Greenspan, New York Times, 9 May 2018
  • Then Sparty ripped off a 19-0 run and, whoosh, game over.
    — Brendan Marks, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Something sweet; a whoosh of cut grass, something big, earthy, and vanilla-like.
    — Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 10 July 2022
  • Then the came the whoosh of a net flying through the air and plopping into the water.
    — Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Blood rushes hot to my face with a whoosh, and the steady, thick pumping of my heart invades my eardrums.
    — Katherine Singh, refinery29.com, 5 Dec. 2021
  • Take your household trash out back, set it on fire, and whoosh, all that junk was smoke, and no longer your problem.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Exhale completely through your mouth, making a whoosh sound to a count of eight .
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Accidents happen and, whoosh, you get caught up in the dirty laundry.
    — George Diaz, OrlandoSentinel.com, 17 Oct. 2017
  • The whoosh of the soda pouring, the ice getting stuck and then crashing down in an avalanche.
    — Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 15 Sep. 2023
  • First is the whoosh mode, which varies the fan speed up and down to simulate a natural breeze.
    — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Ongais rushes us out of the right onto the pit straight with a fierce, neck-tugging whoosh.
    — Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 10 June 2020
  • One evening, the whoosh of jet engines sent Adamu’s captors scrambling.
    — Drew Hinshaw, WSJ, 24 Dec. 2017
  • The stores close, the schools close, the traffic on the avenue dwindles to a sporadic whoosh.
    — Hana Schank, The Atlantic, 17 June 2021
  • The wet whoosh of whale breath joined the thunder cracks of calving glaciers and the rumbles of avalanches.
    — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Even before the train came to a complete stop, the doors opened with a whoosh and Amaka hopped off.
    — Wired, 1 Sep. 2021
  • The whoosh and sigh of a ventilator feeds oxygen through the tube in her trachea.
    — Eric Adler, kansascity.com, 25 Apr. 2017
  • Against the rhythmic whoosh of my own breath in the snorkel, the reef crackles with the dawn brigade of fish feeding off the coral.
    — Women's Health, 31 July 2023
  • Just listen for that sweet, steady gurgle to get interrupted by a pop or whoosh—and set the hook.
    — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024

whoosh

2 of 2 verb
  • Water whooshed down the pipe.
  • Cars whooshed along the highway.
  • The look was enough to send the frantic breaths whooshing right out of her lungs.
    — Wesley Snipes, The Root, 27 May 2018
  • After a grand, silent pause, the music comes whooshing back in.
    — Jessica Gentile, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2023
  • This time, thanks to a pandemic, the water has whooshed away at record speed.
    — The Economist, 18 Apr. 2020
  • The waters whooshed by with surprising force, pulling him away.
    — Terrence McCoy, The Seattle Times, 18 Sep. 2018
  • Cars whoosh down Northern Boulevard, and stores are a bit of a walk.
    — New York Times, 30 July 2021
  • The lights were flickering all around Syd, and something whooshed by her.
    — Martha Sorren, refinery29.com, 2 Mar. 2020
  • Awe, the little sister of those blue whoosh feelings, helps pull us out of those moments.
    — Ailsa Ross, Longreads, 9 Aug. 2019
  • Their white sides whooshed by, their presence anomalous in this valley where almost no one lives.
    — Wired, 20 Sep. 2019
  • Nearby, a life support machine whooshed and beeped steadily.
    — Rick Jervis, USA Today, 22 Nov. 2025
  • The fire station doors open and an overhead vent system whooshes loudly.
    — Paulina Pineda, azcentral, 16 Nov. 2019
  • The fresh, salty aroma of the Atlantic whooshes through the car windows.
    — Caitlin Gunther, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Sep. 2022
  • Around them, hundreds of thousands of cooling fans fill the building with whooshing white noise.
    — Cao Li and Giulia Marchi, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2017
  • Suddenly dry, warm — or downright hot — air is whooshing toward the coast.
    — Bonnie Berkowitz, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2017
  • Air whooshed through the cabin, and snow-like debris floated down the aisle as oxygen masks dropped from the ceiling.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2018
  • The Doppler effect whooshes back and forth in the background while pitched up and warped synths swirl in the distance.
    — Tamar Herman, Billboard, 14 Dec. 2017
  • Together, the team looks more like a giant whooshing snap pea than a quartet of elite athletes.
    — Nick Pachelli, Esquire, 8 Feb. 2018
  • So make sure to simulate flying a plane in your seat, making loud whooshing noises with your mouth.
    — Eli Grober, The New Yorker, 13 May 2017
  • Salmon the size of baby carrots would be whooshed into it, trapped in tanks and trucked around dams on their migration to the sea.
    — Tony Schick, ProPublica, 17 Nov. 2023
  • From there my type B personality whooshed in.
    — Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 Feb. 2026
  • The Starship Enterprise would whoosh by, and my father would shake his head.
    — David Beers, The New Republic, 7 Dec. 2020
  • Minutes later, whooshing past my ear, a fat black crow blindly flew through the open window and smashed into the wall.
    — Michael A. Gonzales, The Root, 25 Mar. 2018
  • After all, your baby was surrounded by the consistent sound of whooshing blood while in the womb.
    — Mary Caldwell, ajc, 12 July 2018
  • Infants like to be tightly packed, carried around, surrounded by whooshing sounds.
    — Michael Alison Chandler, Washington Post, 14 June 2017
  • The idea is for fish to mistake the whooshing current created by the pumps for the river’s flow and get lured into the trap.
    — Tony Schick, ProPublica, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The moped-like sound of the Shaheds whooshing above the rooftops still unsettles but no longer terrifies.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 18 May 2025
  • Running on the treadmill was a slow-motion battle; on jump squats, her body whooshed upward as her shorts ballooned with water.
    — Christina Binkley, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2019
  • But the same day the women were found alive on Patos Island, an ambulance with more survivors whooshed by.
    — New York Times, 10 July 2019
  • Windows frame mountain views, opening onto terraces that overlook skiers whooshing down the slopes.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 17 June 2026

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