Sentence examples for whistling from inspiring English sources

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whistling

noun

A shrill, breathy sound; a whistle.

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Then as a teenager, suddenly guys are paying attention, construction workers are whistling at you.

Australia, Wales and South Africa will all be whistling up overseas-based players themselves to ensure the best possible chance of success.

Fill them with butler's sinks, woodburning stoves, whistling kettles and cabin beds.

4 Whistling.

He heard the bullets whistling past him, pa-pa-pa-pa-pa.

The shell that killed his mates was a "whizz-bang", no sooner whistling over than exploding: "And you'll see all the wonders of no man's land/If a whizz-bang/Hits you".

Not one jot.For most Argentine analysts, the president is whistling in the wind.

THAT noise you hear whistling through the halls of the State House on Beacon Hill is the giant sucking sound of a job going down to Mexico.

A more vibrant small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector could encourage some Romanians abroad to return home.Yet hopes for a rapid rebalancing of the European economy are whistling in the wind.

THE finance minister was reportedly overheard whistling "Pennies from Heaven" in the gents.

As for Mr Kerry's claim that once he is in the White House other nations will gallop to America's rescue in Iraq, this is whistling in the wind.

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