Whistled

Examples

• He whistled shrill and loud. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• If a gust of wind swept the waste, I looked up, fearing it was the rush of a bull; if a plover whistled, I imagined it a man. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• And he whistled, looked impatiently round, and seemed to feel a great want of something. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Holmes whistled. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Mr. Dawkins whistled for a couple of minutes; then, taking off his hat, scratched his head, and nodded thrice. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Holmes whistled, and we both followed along after it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Inspired by this happy failure, my valor became utterly uncontrollable, and at intervals I absolutely whistled, though on a moderate key. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The birds burst into their usual ecstasy of singing, and the Count chirruped and whistled at them in return, as if he was a bird himself. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The shells and balls whistled about our ears very fast for about a minute. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I might as well (as the Irish say) have whistled jigs to a milestone. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He whistled a low whistle and she was still at the cave mouth doing something in the darkness of the rock shadow. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• He whistled to call her off; she only barked the louder. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• St. Clare whistled a tune. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The man whistled again and again, and sat down and waited in the expectation that he would return. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The atmosphere was dense and heavy, while the rain fell in torrents on the heads of the mourners, and the wind whistled mournfully among the trees. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The porter opened obsequiously for her, and, at her nod, hurried to the edge of the pavement and whistled for a taxi. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The arrow whistled through the air, and lighted within the inner ring of the target, but not exactly in the centre. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• I whistled and made nothing of going. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The strange boy whistled; and put his arms into his pockets, as far as the big coat-sleeves would let them go. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• He whistled on the dog, and walked rapidly away. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• He whistled a little. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Day by day some busy brownish man carved those figures, and, no doubt, whistled as he carved. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• They searched every nook and corner round, together and separately; they shouted, whistled, laughed, called--and all with the same result. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Good-morning;' and the officer whistled a lively air as he strode away. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The Colonel whistled. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• At all events the bullets of the enemy whistled by thick and fast for a short time. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• It reminded him, you see, of his favourite roses, and, as HE whistled it, it was the most melancholy tune going. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The noise of the wind over the heath was shrill, and as if it whistled for joy at finding a night so congenial as this. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• It was a bleak and boisterous night and the wind whistled shrilly down the long street. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He kneeled down and whistled, and put his ear to the snow. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .

Checker: Thomas