whoosh
noun
a loud, rushing noise, as of air or water.
Example Sentences
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Prescient stock picks and whooshes of inflows have vaulted its assets under management to more than $20 billion, people familiar with the matter said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
Within five milliseconds of that contact, the spinning blade comes to a dramatic brake, and the blade whooshes below the table.
From BBC ● May 11, 2026
The commotion and noise are unnerving; cars speed by so close you can feel whooshes as they pass.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2025
Its whooshes seep into the room, neatly complementing the motion of a computer-animated, widescreen video projection, “Lightscape of the Silence.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2023
The brakes squeak, the door whooshes open, and I step up to ask the driver, a big woman with long pink fingernails and shiny skin, how to get to Rancho Renato.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
