swish
verb (used without object)
to move with or make a sibilant sound, as a slender rod cutting sharply through the air or as small waves washing on the shore.
had swished
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past perfectof swish.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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To close the first quarter, Curry drilled a 32-foot rainbow three-pointer, turning his back to the hoop and jogging toward the other end of the court before the ball had swished through the net.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 11, 2022
Making the sequence more disheartening was that guard Armaan Franklin had swished a pull-up jumper in the lane to give Virginia a 63-61 lead with one second remaining.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 26, 2022
Wiesberger had swished his tee shot to 12 feet, so when Thomas can’t hole out, it’s another hole to Europe.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 25, 2021
In Kingstree, S. C., Farmer H. R. Morris found a lost cow which had swished its tail around a tree, knotted itself fast, slowly starved to death.
From Time Magazine Archive
Interminably, the rhythmic pitch of pounding grew louder as if several loose stones had swished themselves against the larger cylinder of his room.
From The Land of Look Behind by Paul Cameron Brown
