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whistled

  • past participle
    of whistle.
    whistle
    verb (used without object)
    to make a clear musical sound, a series of such sounds, or a high-pitched, warbling sound by the forcible expulsion of the breath through a small opening formed by contracting the lips, or through the teeth, with the aid of the tongue.
  • past tense form
    of whistle.
    whistle
    verb (used without object)
    to make a clear musical sound, a series of such sounds, or a high-pitched, warbling sound by the forcible expulsion of the breath through a small opening formed by contracting the lips, or through the teeth, with the aid of the tongue.

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The demolition has begun at Bengaluru's Urvashi Cinema, once a 1,200-seat movie palace where generations of filmgoers cheered and whistled, another casualty of India's vanishing single-screen era.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

World champion Luke Littler has threatened to stop playing in the Netherlands after being booed and whistled at during the World Series of Darts Finals in Amsterdam.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

The crowd gathered at the Trump International Golf Links in Doonbeg for the trophy presentation whistled and cheered at the news.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

"One of the rescuers asked anyone trapped to whistle, and someone whistled back," he said near a pancaked building.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

Papá and Roberto often whistled their songs when we worked in the fields.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez