How to Use whistler in a Sentence
whistler
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Then four sacks of puddler decoys and one of whistlers, plus a dozen Canada goose floaters.
—Will Ryans, Field & Stream, 17 Mar. 2020
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The other whistler, Jeff Pack, hopes to come to Omaha this weekend, and Franklin will make sure to fill him in on the new ground rules.
—Eric Olson, chicagotribune.com, 21 June 2019
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According to the Tennessean, only Franklin among the two Vanderbilt whistlers was at Sunday’s game.
—Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al.com, 18 June 2019
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The crew — led by notorious quick-whistler Tony Brothers — called 30 fouls in the first half and put the Mavericks in the penalty three minutes into the second quarter.
—Dallas News, 4 May 2022
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Let Sean Lomax, a world champion whistler, explain the finer points of this pastime and musical art.
—Patrick Farrell, Wired, 22 Mar. 2020
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Do the signature whistles carry information besides the identity of the whistler?
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 29 Feb. 2012
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Although the reality check was discouraging, Lowery credited Lebermann with sending him on the path of being a big-band whistler.
—Michael Corcoran, ExpressNews.com, 29 Apr. 2020
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Wittgenstein was also a virtuoso whistler, and could whistle perfectly whole symphony movements.
—New York Times, 19 Jan. 2023
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Singer-songwriter-violinist-master whistler Andrew Bird is 45.
—BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2018
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Any devoted audiobook listener can attest: Spending nine hours (or more) in the company of a terrible reader — a shrieker, mumbler, droner, tooth whistler or overzealous thespian — is an experience that can truly ruin a book.
—Dallas News, 20 Aug. 2019
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