How to Use whoosh in a Sentence

whoosh

1 of 2 noun
Definition of whooshnext
Synonyms for whooshnext
  • As the rain picked up, the whoosh of raindrops through all of the leaves warned me.
    — Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2022
  • Next, the fore sail unfurled with a quick whoosh of rope.
    — Ian Duncan, baltimoresun.com, 1 July 2017
  • Strange whooshes of cold air had servers afraid to use the stairs.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2019
  • Then came the whoosh of helicopters, revving up to ready the course.
    — Rachel Levin, WSJ, 3 July 2018
  • The clack-clack-clack of the pilot light led to a whoosh of flame coming to life.
    — Washington Post, 1 May 2021
  • Then Thnitt thought a Thought that arrived with a whoosh!
    — Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2021
  • Then a whoosh of snow tattered the trees and night swallowed us whole.
    — Rosanna Warren, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2023
  • 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
  • The stores close, the schools close, the traffic on the avenue dwindles to a sporadic whoosh.
    — Hana Schank, The Atlantic, 17 June 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • The whoosh from a passing truck cascades over your face.
    — Alex Horton, Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2019
  • 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 of the soda pouring, the ice getting stuck and then crashing down in an avalanche.
    — Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Then, exhale completely (through the mouth) to make a whoosh sound.
    — Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 31 Mar. 2023
  • 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
  • The other is at the top of a mound, where the wind whooshes by, so there’s an area of low pressure at that end of the tunnel.
    — Helen Czerski, WSJ, 1 Aug. 2018
  • 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
  • Two tandem slides start at about 105 feet in the air and whoosh riders to the bottom in just a few seconds.
    — Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The louvered screens of the bedroom window let in the ocean breeze and the white-noise whoosh of the surf, shot through with those sharp, full-throated calls.
    — Bonnie Tsui, Redbook, 23 May 2017
  • The louvered screens of the bedroom window let in the ocean breeze and the white-noise whoosh of the surf, shot through with those sharp, full-throated calls.
    — Bonnie Tsui, Redbook, 23 May 2017
  • Like levees breaking in my limbs, blood rushed to my stomach in a whoosh.
    — Marina Gomberg, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Aug. 2020
  • Back on the line with O’Brien comes the satisfying whoosh of gas catching fire.
    — Kyle Dickman, Outside Online, 27 June 2018
  • 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
  • Gone the heartbeat, the steady unnoticed whoosh of blood and oxygen through veins, warming the skin.
    — Katie Gutierrez, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 Mar. 2021
  • With a whoosh, Clive, a 7-month-old Harris's hawk, spreads his wings and takes flight over the wet streets of downtown Portland.
    — Kale Williams, OregonLive.com, 7 Feb. 2018
  • One evening, the whoosh of jet engines sent Adamu’s captors scrambling.
    — Drew Hinshaw, WSJ, 24 Dec. 2017
  • The whoosh and sigh of a ventilator feeds oxygen through the tube in her trachea.
    — Eric Adler, kansascity.com, 25 Apr. 2017
  • The opening of a Pink concert is like the whoosh of barreling down a roller coaster track.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2023
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whoosh

2 of 2 verb
  • Water whooshed down the pipe.
  • Cars whooshed along the highway.
  • And then there was the sound: the soft grainy whoosh whoosh whoosh of the beating heart.
    — Robin Amer, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2020
  • The look was enough to send the frantic breaths whooshing right out of her lungs.
    — Wesley Snipes, The Root, 27 May 2018
  • Cars whoosh down Northern Boulevard, and stores are a bit of a walk.
    — New York Times, 30 July 2021
  • 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
  • This time, thanks to a pandemic, the water has whooshed away at record speed.
    — The Economist, 18 Apr. 2020
  • After a grand, silent pause, the music comes whooshing back in.
    — Jessica Gentile, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The lights were flickering all around Syd, and something whooshed by her.
    — Martha Sorren, refinery29.com, 2 Mar. 2020
  • The graphics whooshed at you like a Blue Angels flyover.
    — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 21 July 2016
  • The waters whooshed by with surprising force, pulling him away.
    — Terrence McCoy, The Seattle Times, 18 Sep. 2018
  • 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
  • Awe, the little sister of those blue whoosh feelings, helps pull us out of those moments.
    — Ailsa Ross, Longreads, 9 Aug. 2019
  • 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
  • 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
  • The Starship Enterprise would whoosh by, and my father would shake his head.
    — David Beers, The New Republic, 7 Dec. 2020
  • The flood washed away a land bridge near current-day Gibraltar, letting the Atlantic’s waters whoosh in.
    — Michael George, National Geographic, 10 Mar. 2020
  • 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
  • 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
  • Their white sides whooshed by, their presence anomalous in this valley where almost no one lives.
    — Wired, 20 Sep. 2019
  • 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
  • Together, the team looks more like a giant whooshing snap pea than a quartet of elite athletes.
    — Nick Pachelli, Esquire, 8 Feb. 2018
  • Falling in love is his arms around you, his dog leaning against your chest, wind whooshing the thoughts from your brain, mountains unfurling across the blue.
    — Diana Spechler, Longreads, 28 Oct. 2017
  • The fire station doors open and an overhead vent system whooshes loudly.
    — Paulina Pineda, azcentral, 16 Nov. 2019
  • The emergency room sliding glass doors whooshed open as my husband ventured out to the darkened streets of Brooklyn.
    — By Denise Snodell, kansascity, 28 June 2017
  • After all, your baby was surrounded by the consistent sound of whooshing blood while in the womb.
    — Mary Caldwell, ajc, 12 July 2018
  • And life being life, soon another 12 years have whooshed past, bringing the story into roughly the present day.
    — Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2023
  • 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
  • Suddenly dry, warm — or downright hot — air is whooshing toward the coast.
    — Bonnie Berkowitz, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2017
  • No traffic, small patches of green space to grow sunflowers and squash and morning glories, open spaces for the kids to whoosh by on scooters.
    — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2023

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