whistled

• past participle

  past participle

  A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.

  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

  past tense

  Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.

  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.

Example Sentences

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whistled

The two women whistled and shook a bag of food in the hope of drawing out a cat gone missing for days.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

Audiences showered confetti, clapped and whistled when his name appeared in the opening credits.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026

From her earliest years, Emily thrilled to the austere glories of the landscape, with its great desolate stretches of rocky turf and rushing waterways all shaped and pummeled by winds that whistled and “wuthered.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

But the officials ruled the play had been whistled dead before the shot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2026

At the edge of the thicket, he stopped, whistled the three notes, and waited.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

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