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Whistled Taft strategists as they rounded a curve: "The best chance the party has to win the 1948 election is to stage a completely unbossed convention."
From Time Magazine Archive
Thorberg Skafting, master-builder, In his ship-yard by the sea, Whistled, saying, "'Twould bewilder Any man but Thorberg Skafting, Any man but me!"
From Tales of a Wayside Inn by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Where my fathers walked, driving the plough; Whistled their hearts out—who whistles now?—
From A Cluster of Grapes A Book of Twentieth Century Poetry by Various
Young Herbert Brooks, in strength and manhood bold, Who, round the meads, his own possessions, stroll'd, O'erheard the charge, and with a heart so gay, Whistled his spaniel and pursu'd his way.
From Wild Flowers Or, Pastoral and Local Poetry by Bloomfield, Robert
The manufacturer Whistled to himself, and giving his horse a smart cut with the whip, drove on faster than ever.
From International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 by Various
