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
Perhaps he’d squatted for a moment, building a bowline into the manila, and heard the steam whistle of the passing freighter sounding low across the water.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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