Example Sentences

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He generates his power as the bat swishes back through the line to make contact.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

To some people, the swishes also looked like loons, the official state bird.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2023

Daunno does an expert disaffected indie head nod and foot bounce while he plays, and Shen is thoroughly convincing on the keys with her hair swishes and tentative backing vocals.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2023

She swishes each variety a few times, separately, in a big stainless steel bowl, then dries them in a spinner she found at a yard sale.

From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2022

As Renee swishes back into her seat — and I must admit she can still swish in a world-champion kind of way — Annette jabs me again, right in the same spot.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick