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  • verb Present participle of whish.

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Examples

  • Then they went away, and in a little while we heard them "whishing" up the sheep.

    The Birthright Joseph Hocking 1898

  • I ignored him, put my barret away, sat down and held my wounded arm, whishing for this pain to go away.

    Blonde, Black and Blood Red nathreee 2010

  • Is there a future for romance, the staple of many Latin American countries or will these movies languish brokenhearted in empty theaters whishing for at least an opening weekend?

    Viviana Pendrill: Language Versus Culture In The Latin Film Industry Viviana Pendrill 2011

  • Her right hand, still raised, came down, the thin whip whishing through the air.

    Chapter 22 2010

  • Is there a future for romance, the staple of many Latin American countries or will these movies languish brokenhearted in empty theaters whishing for at least an opening weekend?

    Viviana Pendrill: Language Versus Culture In The Latin Film Industry Viviana Pendrill 2011

  • Except for the occasional car whishing by outside, the room was silent.

    A Doctor Disagrees 2010

  • My proximity to the mauling makes me shudder to think about the attack the doctor suffered: the brute force of a whishing winged projectile hitting him from behind, silently and without warning.

    Going Mutant Dr. Barry Leed 2010

  • When I passed outside, however, and pressed down the levers which controlled it, I knew at once by the whishing sound that there was a slight leakage, which al - lowed a regurgitation of water through one of the side cylinders.

    Sole Music 2010

  • I remember the rope in his fist around my chest, his other fist shoving the snow, and downhill we dived, his boots by my boots on the tongue, pines whishing by, ice in my eyes, blinking and squealing.

    John Lundberg: Poems for Memorial Day 2010

  • I remember the rope in his fist around my chest, his other fist shoving the snow, and downhill we dived, his boots by my boots on the tongue, pines whishing by, ice in my eyes, blinking and squealing.

    John Lundberg: Poems for Memorial Day 2010

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  • Spotted as WhatsApp phishing.

    April 8, 2018