Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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He has whistled in the Oval Office and trilled for the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the chief executive of General Motors and members of Congress.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2017
I don't intend to try, but it'll stay locked until the last train tonight has whistled for the crossing back there.
From Left Guard Gilbert by Edward C. Caswell
She rises, goes to door of rear room and calls to Brother that the train has whistled for the bend.
From Jane Journeys On by Ruth Comfort Mitchell
The engineer has seen the lower pyramid of rocks on the track and has whistled "down brakes."
From The Transgressors Story of a Great Sin by Francis A. Adams
When the crew has whistled enough and the wind come, he’ll make all sail, but whether he’ll find any of us left to pick up is more’n I can say.”
From The Black Bar by M.L.P.
