whistle up
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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Stern said: “You don’t create jobs for the 21st century by trying to whistle up jobs from the 19th century.”
From The Guardian • Dec. 9, 2018
Because he cannot always whistle up a black thunderhead to observe, between bolts he works with laboratory lightning.
From Time Magazine Archive
It has also become clear that Russia cannot whistle up a summit conference on its terms alone.
From Time Magazine Archive
OPA Boss Paul Porter tried to whistle up some cheer, but his best was a prediction that supplies would be "fairly good" after six or eight weeks.
From Time Magazine Archive
What had she been thinking, that he would whistle up a winged horse and fly her out of here, like some hero in the stories she and Sansa used to love?
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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