whistle stop
noun
a small, unimportant town, especially one along a railroad line.
whistle-stopped
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past participleof whistle-stop.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof whistle-stop.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
whistle stopnouna small, unimportant town, especially one along a railroad line.
Example Sentences
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Riding a red train, he whistle-stopped the country defending workers and exhorting voters to support him.
From US News ● Jun. 8, 2016
While Richard Nixon whistle-stopped his way through the vast expanse of Siberia, the world barely noted the foreign ministers' conference grinding to an inconclusive end in Geneva.
From Time Magazine Archive
Like Harry Truman in 1948, he whistle-stopped through Ohio and motored across eastern Pennsylvania, giving as much hell as he had earlier absorbed.
From Time Magazine Archive
He whistle-stopped through Bavaria and Hesse, speaking from the back platform of his train.
From Time Magazine Archive
And as he whistle-stopped through Michigan and Ohio, hedgehopped into Kentucky and then flew in to Cincinnati, he worked these themes hard.
From Time Magazine Archive
