steam whistle
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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By 1909, their trains ran on a busy schedule, taunting bottlenecked traffic on the opposite shore with every steam whistle.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2022
Many of the countless Big Boy fan videos on YouTube capture that robust steam whistle as he chugs along the tracks.
From Slate • Jul. 31, 2019
Screaming in a high-pitched voice like a steam whistle, Margery spun around the room like a top.
From The Verge • Feb. 8, 2019
They can also be detected by the echo from the steam whistle or fog horn.
From Scientific American • Apr. 10, 2012
She half heard the steam whistle blow, and half watched the train pull out of the station.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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