whistling
noun
whis·tling
ˈ(h)wi-s(ə-)liŋ 
Examples of whistling in a Sentence
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The pilots were informed of the whistling but Alaska claims there’s no report of this.
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Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2024
Her headline set showcased her whistling as an elegant, virtuosic instrument, punctuated with costume changes and self-aware Catskills shtick.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024
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
Woodies make several different sounds, all based on shrill whistling.
—Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 15 Feb. 2024
Directed by Walt Disney and his partner Ub Iwerks, the classic cartoon stars the chipper mascot as the whistling, rascally pilot of a steamboat floating down a river.
—Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2024
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
Roger Whittaker, an avuncular singer-songwriter whose soothing baritone, virtuosic whistling and gentle interpretations of pop standards earned him an international following for more than four decades, died Sept. 12 at a hospital near Toulouse, France.
—Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
Perhaps that’s a rational judgment that attitudes toward Trump are so deeply felt that nothing will significantly shift them, perhaps its whistling past a graveyard.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2024
Her headline set showcased her whistling as an elegant, virtuosic instrument, punctuated with costume changes and self-aware Catskills shtick.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024
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
Woodies make several different sounds, all based on shrill whistling.
—Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 15 Feb. 2024
Directed by Walt Disney and his partner Ub Iwerks, the classic cartoon stars the chipper mascot as the whistling, rascally pilot of a steamboat floating down a river.
—Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2024
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
Roger Whittaker, an avuncular singer-songwriter whose soothing baritone, virtuosic whistling and gentle interpretations of pop standards earned him an international following for more than four decades, died Sept. 12 at a hospital near Toulouse, France.
—Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
Perhaps that’s a rational judgment that attitudes toward Trump are so deeply felt that nothing will significantly shift them, perhaps its whistling past a graveyard.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
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“Whistling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whistling. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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