swooshed; swooshing; swooshes
: to discharge or transport with a rushing sound
Examples of swoosh in a Sentence
Verb
The ball swooshed by my head.
water swooshed powerfully from the fire hose
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Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
The production design, swooshing across Michael Yeargan and Jake Barton’s set, creates a background blizzard of technological flashes and blips.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
Jessica Wong, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
They’re highly rated and the pink swoosh adds just a touch of whimsy to an otherwise simple shoe.
—Maggie Horton, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024
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Verb
Modern borders, government restrictions and urbanization were beginning to encroach on their nomadic ways, and the advent of transistor radios, cars and mobile phones was sending the modern world swooshing in.
—Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
The production design, swooshing across Michael Yeargan and Jake Barton’s set, creates a background blizzard of technological flashes and blips.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
Noun
Take Nike, for example; most consumers would recognize the sports brand simply by its swoosh before seeing the brand name or reading a slogan.
—Jessica Wong, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
They’re highly rated and the pink swoosh adds just a touch of whimsy to an otherwise simple shoe.
—Maggie Horton, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Swoosh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swoosh. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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