Example Sentences

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His second extended Georgetown’s lead to 26-21, and another three-pointer, upon officials’ replay review, was ruled to have swished through a fraction of a second after the halftime buzzer.

From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2015

If I'd had a tail, it would have swished.

From The Guardian • Jan. 9, 2013

I have felt their icy coldness as, blowing hither and thither in the delirium of their free, untrammelled existence, they have swished across my face.

From Byways of Ghost-Land by O'Donnell, Elliott