whistle stop
noun
a small, unimportant town, especially one along a railroad line.
whistle-stopping
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present participleof whistle-stop.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Paris-trained Nancy Kefauver, 52, has always preferred painting to politics, and her whistle-stopping smiles were only surface-deep during the quarter century in which Estes Kefauver held first a House, then a Senate seat from Tennessee.
From Time Magazine Archive
While the old-fashioned whistle stop did not seem the right way to campaign in streamlined 1952, there was far more whistle-stopping and more public response to it than ever before.
From Time Magazine Archive
While whistle-stopping through California, Kennedy hit the issue head on.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Knowlands packed their bags, set off from their Oakland home for a two-month, 140-speech whistle-stopping "Report to the People of California."
From Time Magazine Archive
Nixon has zigzagged 18,000 miles across the state, most recently whistle-stopping from Santa Cruz to San Diego in a "Victory Special" train.
From Time Magazine Archive
