swish
verb (used without object)
to move with or make a sibilant sound, as a slender rod cutting sharply through the air or as small waves washing on the shore.
were swishing
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past progressiveof swish.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The thing is, it wasn’t a brilliant shooting night in which even Beal’s heat checks were swishing.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 4, 2016
A little bunch of red and white cows, knee-deep in the water, were swishing off the flies with the wet tufts of their tails.
From Red Pottage by Mary Cholmondeley
The scutch grass, the long rat-tail, and the golden cushag were swishing against his riding-breeches and her print dress.
From The Manxman A Novel - 1895 by Sir Hall Caine
A turn or two more, and the wheels were swishing into the graveled court of a stately mansion.
From What Will People Say? A novel by Rupert Hughes
The man and boy walked down to the elevator, and in a moment were swishing down to the dark and deserted lobby below.
From Infinite Intruder by Alan Edward Nourse
