whistling
/ˈwɪs(ə)lɪŋ/ noun B1- A shrill, breathy sound; a whistle.
Plural whistlings
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“Anything you like,” said the Footman, and began whistling.
The night was clear and frosty, all ebony of shadow and silver of snowy slope; big stars were shining over the silent fields; here and there the dark pointed firs stood up with snow powdering their branches and the wind whistling through them.
A cool wind was blowing down over the long harvest fields from the rims of firry western hills and whistling through the poplars.
Halfway down the hill a tall lad came whistling out of a gate before the Blythe homestead.
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