Example Sentences

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In Asia, Seoul stocks whooshed 75 percent, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng index bounced 28 percent and Tokyo's Nikkei 225 rocketed more than 26 percent.

From Barron's • Jan. 2, 2026

Edgar Allan Poe, for example, wrote a short story about a comet passing close to Earth, extracting all the nitrogen from our atmosphere as it whooshed past.

From Salon • Oct. 8, 2023

We whooshed down toward the earth and back up again.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2023

And life being life, soon another 12 years have whooshed past, bringing the story into roughly the present day.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2023

Finally the chair whooshed as Momma got off of Dad’s lap, then whooshed again as Dad stood up.

From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis