| 单词 | whistling |
| 例句 | Toby took the check and looked at it, whistling long and slow. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Everyone starts whistling and saying lame things like, “Bedroom’s down the hall.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The man was no longer singing but was whistling a vaguely familiar song. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the Mexican guys saw and started whistling and clapping and everybody set down their tools and came walking up to us and patted us on the back. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z For billions of years they would have heard only weak and intermittent radio static caused by lightning and the trapped electrons and protons whistling within the Earth’s magnetic field. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A rage of horror filled Ged and he swung up and brought down his staff whistling on the hood that hid the shadow-face. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Air, he thought, the thin stuff whistling in his nostrils. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly he lifted the blade and swung it shimmering and whistling in the air. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z As he did, a dark figure bounded past Ellidyr, who sprang to his feet, his blade unsheathed and whistling through the air. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z I took hold of his hand, and we started walking back into town, calling and whistling for Winn-Dixie the whole way. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z In the seat in front of me a dark man in a panama hat kept whistling a tune between his teeth. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Matthew shattered the silence by whistling loudly, shrilly, and long. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z His arm was hanging at a very strange angle; riddled with pain, he heard, as though from a distance, a good deal of whistling and shouting. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Nick is there, still washing the car, whistling a little. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The wind kept whistling and pushing, but the rest of it—the stars, Sahil, the lake, the earth—everything stilled. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The landscape became blurred and again Sophie had to duck down out of the whistling gale to save her head from being blown off her shoulders. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He was almost whistling when he climbed the steps to his front porch. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z A blare of whistling feedback grated on every eardrum in the building. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Sandy opened the front door for the couple, whistling "America, the Beautiful." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The whistling in her ears turned into more of a roar. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Slugged him so hard that he dropped to his knees and then fell to his side and curled up in a fetal position, making high-pitched whistling sounds. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I started whistling a song I liked from the radio as I went back to work. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The chattering and whistling birds were still at it Two young girls, the Farival twins, were playing a duet from “Zampa” upon the piano. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z He circled the house for several hours, whistling private calls, until the proximity of dawn forced him to go home. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I stare at the lash marks, and again hear the whistling of the whip, see his bloody figure hanging unconscious by his wrists. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Roy was still smothered in the bedclothes, and his breath came and went with a small, whistling sound. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z It was good to be whistling and carefree again, because I was sure scared by the coming of that storm. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z She made tiny whistling noises as she breathed, like the last seconds of a Screaming Jenny firecracker. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Suddenly a mortar shell came whistling in, landed 200 feet away, and exploded. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z In the past he had always—what would the word be?—strolled from Forest, sometimes whistling. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Arrows thick as the rain came whistling over the battlements, and fell clinking and glancing on the stones. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The whistling got louder, and still she did not turn around, for she wanted it to last. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Clay headed down to the river, whistling and stopping occasionally to spit. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z "It's called a tracheotomy," he says, holding his finger against the button, which stops the whistling noise. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z And the whole crew clinging to the rails, whistling and cheering. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Amil is already sound asleep, making little whistling sounds through his nose. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I got used to Pa’s new face and whistling. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z More shadows danced beneath the tree, and the whistling picked up again. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Kicking stones as I went, and whistling, I walked to the main intersection of town as if I came every Sunday. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The air would be filled with sawdust and the smell of freshly cut wood, and the sound of hammering and whistling, because Dad always whistled while he worked. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The missiles sped upwards, two or three times higher than the wall, almost out of sight; then they would plummet downwards, whistling viciously, to burst on the ramparts. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Ignatius chewed with a blissful savagery, studying the scar on the man’s nose and listening to his whistling. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They listened to the whistling, forks in midair, unchewed food in their mouths. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z He could hear the wind whistling through cracks in the rocks as they neared the ringwall. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I continued working and, to keep my mind occupied, began whistling rock ’n’ roll tunes and daydreaming about Peggy and the Vets. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z We crossed the threshold, and just like before, the whistling began. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “We must be on our way as well,” Chaol said as Dorian strode off, whistling to himself, his hands in his pockets. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It rose flapping its wings and disappeared into the clouds, to a send-off of applause, whistlings, handkerchiefs, drumrolls, and the sprinkling of holy water. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He was whistling a song I didn’t know, and he had a sweetgrass basket over his arm. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z A shrill, tinny whistling was filling the room. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The wind blew freshly in from the whistling buoy and the barking of sea lions came from around the point. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He took a deep, whistling breath, then wiped his muzzle. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z It was interrupted by two odd whistling sounds—swit, swit—upon which the tall man closed his eyes, dropped his flashlight with a clatter, and sank to the floor. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z She had not yet woken him and his soft, whistling exhalations blended with winter birdsong that came from somewhere beyond the lawn. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Ishmael could hear the whistling of shells now distantly across the water. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z They cheer as I pass, indigenas and mestizos and foreigners alike, clapping and waving and whistling. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z With his tail pulled taut and the wind whistling through his fangs, Redtooth howled as the trees went by in a green blur. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He does a whistling imitation of a ball in flight. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Me: “‘I do not know which to prefer, / The beauty of inflections / Or the beauty of innuendos, / The blackbird whistling / Or just after.’” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z She thought about him while she sewed, how tall he was, how sweet the sound of his whistling. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z A long whoop and clamor with whistling and foot-stomping arose in the room. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Then there was a flapping, and a wet whistling. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z We were all on our feet, clapping and shouting and whistling. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Auk XI, which had rocket candy inside that I had not moistened, leapt off the pad with a satisfying hiss, but then exploded, steel fragments whistling overhead while we hit the dirt inside the blockhouse. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He sticks his hands into his pockets, walks away, whistling. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Killdeer ran around in all the fields, screeching, whistling, trying to lead you away from their eggs. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I hear a train horn, so faint it could easily be wind whistling through an alleyway. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The only sounds in the kitchen belonged to the eggs frying on the stove and Nana whistling the Bunker theme song. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “Going to school?” she asked, whistling curiously as she spoke. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Like my aunt Mavis used to say, a whistling girl and a cackling hen had better know when to call it quits. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The vision melted into waking; and there was Tom whistling like a tree-full of birds; and the sun was already slanting down the hill and through the open window. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I kept working and whistling Old Flap on, pretending I hadn’t seen nothing atall. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Where were the butterflies? the blueberries? the whistling reed? Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z A whistling, the sound of an impact, the intake of breath from a crowd. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z And on the reef the whistling buoy bellows like a sad and patient bull. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It had been no uncommon sight to see a man-at-arms whistling like a lobster, and looking like porridge, because they had emptied a bucket of boiling bran over his armour during a siege. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She just fiddled with her glass while I talked, and when I was done she gave this long, kind of whistling sigh and got up to phone my dad. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z And, wrapping the baby securely in a sling, Xan marched into the woods, whistling as she walked. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He sauntered down the street with his light dancer’s step whistling “My Sweetheart’s the Man in the Moon.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “We were out there whistling and calling for you and you were right here all along. Thank you,” I said to everybody. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Lord Hoster lay on his back, mouth open, his breath a faint whistling sigh. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He walked out of the compound, to the street, and looked through the plants on the roadside until he saw the rumpled leaves close to the root of a whistling pine. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The freshness of the countryside and the knowledge that Alice is safe sends me whistling on my way to find Frightful. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Two Step said over the whistling wind and popping rifles. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Of these there were many: small fowl whistling and piping in the reeds, but they were seldom seen. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He stuck the box underneath his coat and, whistling, walked ahead to my room. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Lauren, a cheerleader, accepted her prize, beaming, to riotous applause and whistling. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Only the sea and the whistling wind could be heard. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z In those big hands, the arakh became a whistling blur, a steel storm that seemed to come at the old knight from three directions at once. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It wasn’t so much the whistling itself, Laila thought later, but the seconds between the start of it and impact. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Turning, he saw another acorn whistling toward him, and he ducked. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Then the footsteps receded, the whistling grew fainter. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Through their mouth holes, they made hollow whistling noises, like someone blowing across empty soda bottles. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z They brought the scent of the Sahara and Christmas, and yanked the slender, ovate leaves down from the frangipani and the needlelike leaves from the whistling pines, covering everything in a film of brown. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z As I walk offstage into the wings, it’s as though I’m swimming through a sea of sounds—clapping and whistling and foot-stamping and whooping. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she started to laugh so hard that she staggered, her tall body bending like a whistling pine tree on a windy day. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Johnny looked upon this as a good omen and walked forward whistling, but his whistling stopped abruptly. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind her at some distance she heard whistling. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z First a rumbling roar, followed by a humming, and then a softer sort of whistling noise, piercing enough to make Thor’s head ache and his teeth hurt each time he heard it. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I stopped whistling and sat down heavily on the raft, out of breath and exhausted. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Cold air blew in, whistling a mournful tune like the dead singing. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I wish the gurgling were there again, gasping hoarse, now whistling softly and again hoarse and loud. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z They thrust their little necks out and kept up a musical whistling, like a tiny troupe of pipers. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Cooter was whistling and still laughing every once in the while and, doggone-it-all, I saw how unfair this whole commotion was turning out to be. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z We get three seconds Of pinwheels, whistling banshees, Some cones and pyramids That stink but won’t work, And black pills That vomit snakes Of ash. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z So after whistling my dog out of the garden, where he was digging a hole to lay in and get cool, I went by the Predmore house to find Pink. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The storekeeper leaned back, folding his arms, and stared sideways out the front window, faintly whistling a tune. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I know Mrs. Grimaldi, the lady who’s always sitting by her window, and the old guy who walks up and down the street whistling like a bird. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z I picked back up with my whistling, closed my eyes, and could see nothing but my brother’s face. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Forty minutes before, we had been whistling in sunshine. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes when I saw him at a distance—fists in pockets, whistling, bobbing along with his springy old walk—I would have a strong pang of affection mixed with regret. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “You could keep whistling till I got there,” Luke offered. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z And then there was whistling and clapping and yipping and singing. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z McAdams kept begging them to quit shooting at us, but the shells just kept whistling in. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Day and night, the wind whistling through the rigging and the mournful cries of gulls gave voice to my loneliness. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I could hear him singing and whistling clear to the barn. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He continued on his way, through the stream of pedestrians, whistling and tapping his cane on the brick sidewalk, completely unaware of the two men who’d stepped into his wake. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z More jeering, whistling, catcalls, and scattered boos accompanied this unsportsmanlike conduct. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It skidded through the grass, bursting into orange flame and whistling: WOO! The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Fyrian cried before whizzing away, whistling a jaunty tune as he flew. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Like whistling softly in class so that it got on the teacher’s nerves, a barely perceptible whistle that could drive a teacher up the wall. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And with that he turned and sauntered back into the feast, whistling a tune. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The room had the whining, whistling anticipation of a falling bomb. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I walk back down the hallway, whistling, sliding onto my bed and grabbing my phone as FaceTime pings, a call coming in from Stella just like I hoped. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The wide schoolyard, enclosed by a trimmed whistling pine hedge, was cluttered with long buildings as if they had all sprung up at will, unplanned. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Kreacher came bustling to the table with a large tureen in his hands, and ladled out soup into pristine bowls, whistling between his teeth as he did so. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He responded to the occasion, blew her a return kiss with a ham-y fist, tipped his hat gallantly and sauntered off down his beat whistling “At the Devil’s Ball.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It did not help that to pass the time Joe plucked incessantly at a ukulele, singing and whistling the campy tunes that he and his father enjoyed so much. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The guy waved a hand through the air and staggered off, whistling. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The girl ran upstairs giggling hysterically while the boyfriend walked away down the street whistling, “When I Get You Alone, Tonight.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He began whistling a song and got up from the table. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z She had talked with Frank about it late one night while he lay in bed whistling some ragtag tune and she sat before the mirror and rubbed bleaching cream into her skin. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z It was as if the people in this city with the tall whistling pines wanted to grab all they could before the war robbed them of choices. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The whole class practiced, again and again, while the guide whipped them up into a whistling frenzy. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Suddenly there were no growling engines, no whistling bombs, no pops of distant guns. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z She was whistling—he had never heard her whistle before and he loved the way she laughed as he tried to imitate her. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It nearly killed my father after she left, I know it, but he continued on doing everything just as before, whistling and humming and finding little gifts for people. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z It went puffing and whistling down the chimneys, slipping in through the cracks under the windows, turning the Nursery carpet up at the corners. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z The cook swung his meat cleaver through the air with a whistling sound. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Just as Rochester was about to propose, I heard Gramps downstairs jangling his keys, and a moment later he walked in whistling. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z It is a fabulous place: when the tide is in, a wave-churned basin, creamy with foam, whipped by the combers that roll in from the whistling buoy on the reef. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z A whistling came down the hallway, and Richard rounded the corner, spinning his hat in his hands as he walked. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z After Johnny had come home whistling his “Molly Malone” as he ran up the steps, after all had eaten of the lobster, caviar, and liverwurst that he brought home, Mama and Neeley went to bed. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z At that, the audience applauds, an ocean of clapping and whistling. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I caught myself whistling while I was pulling the front part of my hair back into a barrette, and later again as I skipped down the stairs. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He was whistling for sure when he opened the door and went in. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Then we heard someone whistling—beautiful like the Emperor’s nightingale—and when we turned around there was Ruthie. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Strange bird sounds answer me: ca-caw of crows, whoop of owls, knocking woodpeckers, and a whistling nightingale. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z By time I got home, I was whistling. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Save for the sound of Doc’s whistling up front, there was silence. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z We cheered again, raising our guns in the air, shouting and whistling. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z No thank you, I’d rather be stretched out on my favorite rug in front of a nice, whistling radiator. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z They lifted her into a van alongside the man who had hit her and another who was whistling at the wheel. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He seemed to be trying to twist round, so as to go legs first, when suddenly with a shrill whistling shriek he fell. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Bill is leaning against the pole, whittling and whistling, looking like he ain’t got a care in the world. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “I was awakened by whistling and shouting,” said Zvonko Springer, who worked on road construction. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z After the first few days, he began trying a new method: he would let Faro off the leash but keep him close, either by talking to him or whistling softly, I could not hear which. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z He continued on his way, through the stream of pedestrians, whistling and tapping his cane on the brick sidewalk, completely unaware of the two men who’d stepped into his wake. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Annabeth looked at me like I was nuts, but in the next second, the air was filled with whistling sounds of ropes being snapped taut, canvases unfurling, and wooden pulleys creaking. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I wished, for one wild moment, that none of this had happened, that I was alone somewhere, going for a walk, and whistling. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The fox lay perfectly still, eyes closed tightly, wind whistling through his nose, until every single quill had been removed and placed in a neat pile beside him. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I was flying straight up, the wind whistling in my ears, the side of the cliff only inches from my face. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z When he returned to the West End, he heard in the distance Mrs. Pickwell whistling her children to dinner. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z As they passed the primary school with its trimmed hedges of whistling pine, Ifemelu suddenly imagined that she was indeed pregnant, and the girl had used expired test chemicals in that dingy lab. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I can hear my own exhales despite the whistling wind. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z For a time he fussed with the dishes, whistling to himself as if the subject had been settled. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, Mpandhlani kept on whistling as he ate what was left of the food; he still had his clothes on. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He does this every evening now, and he comes back rosy-cheeked and pleased with himself, whistling some old-guy tune. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He paces around the house, peering and prodding at it, muttering to himself and making small whistling noises. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Her coughing got better, less chesty and less whistling, but her appetite disappeared. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She leans down, kisses him on the forehead, and continues on with her vacuuming until she exits the room, still whistling the same tune. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z He was whistling as he came down the stairs and he seemed very cheerful. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Things were back to normal—if Pa whistling was normal. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Then he began whistling “Meet Me in St. Louis.” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I asked God to answer my questions, but the only sound was always the whistling of the wind filling the empty space. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He watched the red coals through the open draft in the stove door brighten each time the wind blew loud enough to make a low whistling noise in the stovepipe. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z A fine peregrine falcon, with her music jingling in the whistling wind als clear, and her creance trailing behind her, was beating along above his head toward the top of ' one of the elms. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He pitched wood in and started his high whistling. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Two and a half years later, Mariam awoke on the morning of September 27 to the sounds of shouting and whistling, fire-crackers and music. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z They went off round the corner of the house, still whistling the song. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I could hear his breath whistling in his throat; I knew that he was furious. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z They stopped the whistling and laughing and we followed them into a park with a tall pillar and a statue in the middle and grass so green it dazzled you. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Then we were out of the tunnel, the night air whistling through our hair as the boat barreled straight toward the exit. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Homer climbed in the wagon whistling one of Jasper’s more monotonous ditties. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The singing of the girls over their test-tubes, the preoccupied whistling of the Microscopists, suddenly ceased. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The blast of air came like a sudden whistling gale; it took my breath and flattened my ears against my head, and I closed my eyes instinctively. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Late in the afternoon my father came whistling up the goat path, striding home from the flaming-orange sun, and we ran to meet him. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I was so delighted to have outsmarted her that I forgot myself and began whistling “Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition” as I returned the sugar bowl to the kitchen. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He was so full of joy, though, that the whistling was, well, it was amazing. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He was so beaten and broken and cold that this crawling through the wet sand in the whistling, sea-thundering dark was the hardest thing he had ever had to do. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The soldiers all went about their business, one of them whistling. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Before I even open the door, I know who it is by the whistling, wheezing breathing. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I could hear By sniff a couple of times, then Dad started whistling that stupid song “Straighten Up and Fly Rigjit.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He is smiling, whistling through a gap in his teeth. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I can hear the blade whistling toward me and reflexively hike the pack up to protect my head. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Then she put her lips together and blew, making a noise that began as a whistling, and then sounded like a distant wind. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z It was the whistling of someone so full of joy, he was almost a madman. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I blow air out of my mouth like I’m whistling with no sound. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z J. J. Ford presided at the bench, and Sandy McSouthers presided at the front door, whistling, chatting, collecting tidbits of gossip, and adding some of his own. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z He left us in the room and went outside, whistling a melody. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Arrows came whistling in, but struck the northern wall, and fell harmlessly to the floor. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He could go there, to the whistling mother, the other kids, be safe. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z And me whistling soft to keep myself company. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z They exchanged a quick smile and set off down the sidewalk, Redemption whistling, his arms loose by his sides. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z We went back to the creek behind Howard’s house three times, calling and whistling. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z He walked home under the early stars through Hobbiton and up the Hill, whistling softly and thoughtfully. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He stayed frozen, rooted to the spot as all grew silent, except for the whistling song of a few birds in the distance. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I drove up anyway and when I opened the door to the house he was sitting alone in the kitchen, the kettle on the stove madly whistling away. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z They seem to burn for an hour, and a man cannot make the least movement without bringing the bullets whistling round. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I make my way to the top of my high-rise, until I’m standing alone on the roof with the wind whistling all around me. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z He kissed her again, shut the door behind her, and she heard him whistling as he ran across the street to his room. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The quail call beside it and the wild doves come whistling in at dusk. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Vacation days, no-homework days—days that could have been filled with whistling plunges down Valentine’s Hill were filled instead with hateful frowning at a cloudless sky. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Then sudden great gusts came whistling out of the south, and meeting these they were driven back westward again. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z She walked along whistling “Kentucky Babe” through her teeth. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z When Papa went back to the store after dinner, he was whistling. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Most of the time I hate walking through my neighborhood because of the gangbangers and guys whistling from their cars, but today nobody even looks at me. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z An arrow came whistling out of the gloom: it was aimed with skill, or guided by fate, and it pierced his right hand. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Wheezing and whistling, Hen Wen was digging furiously in the soft earth at the far side of the pen, burrowing so rapidly she would soon be out. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z He stopped whistling in the middle of a phrase; mentally, she finished it. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z This morning, as Mike and I were heading for homeroom, we came on a whole mob of kids laughing and whistling in the hallway. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z M► ^L. "Left," he shouted, and his blade came whistling. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She turns off the whistling kettle, startled, her chest tightening, terrified that he’s been in some sort of accident. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z As they flew over the dark, twisting lane down which they had walked earlier, Harry heard, over the whistling of the night air in his ears, Dumbledore muttering in some strange language again. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Suddenly some one passed below, whistling like an operatic blackbird, and a voice called out, “All serene! Coming in tonight.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z By the river, a chorus of whistling frogs joined the clamor of insects. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z All the people crowding the library cupped hands to their ears as the whistling stretched on far longer than the cousins expected. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The air rang with the whistling, and the crack! against Roy’s flesh. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Anger agitates, while whistling melts a bee’s temper. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Softly, like a little boy, he was whistling to himself. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z From one of the houses drifted the faint whistling sweetness of a Karhidish flute. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z At which point, an old lady with fine white, wispy hair nodded toward our family and said with a whistling whisper, “Merry, merry Christmas.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z With his staff, he grabbed another ribbon of water and hurled it at the whistling sorcerer, then grabbed another and another. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I faced the shouts, cheers, shrill whistling, my eyes burning from the light. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He began cooking eggs, whistling the Laurel and Hardy theme tune, as if the hurricane that was Aunt Gloria had never been. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Cholly could hear them whistling for a long time, and then the dogs’ answer no longer a howl, but warm excited yelps of recognition. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z His groans were louder, and a fierce whistling came from his nose. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z My sister folded her arms in front of her and started whistling. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z We were having a whistling contest, and Dedd had just won with a piercing trill. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A cold wind came whistling down the platform. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z He went on shouting “Mom! Mom!” and whistling the march from The Bridge on the River Kwai. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a sunny morning like any other, neighbors walking with bags of gn> ceries, talking to each other, whistling and sweeping in front of I their houses. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He straightened himself again, blinked into the sun, and strolled, whistling, toward the gondolieri who were still out trying to net customers at the base of the bridge. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Meggie heard the kettle whistling in the kitchen and Mo carrying a tray of clattering crockery back to the workshop. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “Wish I had a Talent that good. All I got’s whistling.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z A whistling had begun to sound in his ears, growing louder by the second. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I was walking along whistling when I heard the dogfight. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z As Gus neared he heard him whistling: “The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down. . . .” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I packed our picnic in my backpack, then ran down the stairs and out the back door, whistling for Dismay. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z It was like the whistling of a piccolo many times magnified—shrill and shriller till it keened with the terror of a lost soul and filled the room with the piercingness of itself. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z I stood trembling at the curb, watching and half expecting to see the man leap from the door to follow me, whistling the old forgotten jingle about a bare-rumped robin. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z For twenty minutes, the night sky was alive with wagon wheels, party-colored dahlias, and whistling glitter palms. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z The crowd started whistling, piercing whistles that upset his concentration. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, whistling the jaunty Miss Teen Dream theme song about a world of pretty, the agent turned and disappeared into the jungle, covering any trace of his tracks. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The water gushes forward, the wheel turns, and he joins me, whistling some obscure tune. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She thought it might make it harder for things to jump out at her if she was whistling. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z And will the tall, carroty-haired white man in fatigues stand by the doorjamb again, whistling a strange tune and staring fear into Florah and me? Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He walked around the store, whistling, hands in pockets, stupid safari-style hat on his fat head, and I wondered what it would be like to sit in a college class with him as the professor. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z But he wasn’t whistling when he saw his father, who took two quick strides toward him, opened his hand, and slapped it flat and hard against Turner’s face. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z He placed the laptop into my open palms and left the room, whistling an upbeat tune. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z They could hear footsteps several rooms away, and someone whistling. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Then Pa walked in whistling, the blanket folded up in his arms. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Wings whistling, the dove takes off, ascending; then it lands, whistling, on a tree just above me. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z His whistling got louder and he leapt like a ballerina. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Back in his bedroom he finished dressing hurriedly, whistling tunelessly as he stooped to grease and comb his hair before the mirror inside his wardrobe. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The Ladybug was making whistling noises as she breathed, and the Earthworm was coiled up like a spring at one end of his hammock, wheezing and blowing through his open mouth. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z You could hear them whistling overhead, but then there wouldn’t be an explosion. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z As he hit the final chorus, everybody surged to their feet, clapping, whistling, and singing along with him. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I wanted Dad’s whistling, and the scratching sound of his red pen, and the pendulum swinging in his closet, and him tying his shoelaces. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Laying hold of the staff with his left hand, Sam swung it up, and down it came with a whistling crack on Gollum’s outstretched arm, just below the elbow. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The old man shot in District 11 for whistling. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Slytherins, on the other hand, clapped as he walked past them, whistling and cheering, “Thanks Potter, we owe you one!” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z He hung a filled feed bag on his neck, then he went to work washing the wagon, whistling, “Let Me Call You Sweetheart.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Now they could hear his voice creaking and whistling. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He walks among the palm trees, oblivious, whistling, his head sheathed in a halo of invisible numbers. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The bombers crossed the sky and crossed the sky over the house, gasping, murmuring, whistling like an immense, invisible fan, circling in emptiness. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom was moving about the room whistling like a starling. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z When Pong heard him whistling, he was seized with terror. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The widgeon, who had slept on water, came whistling their double notes, like whistles from a Christmas cracker. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He would’ve walked backward to my room, whistling “I Am the Walrus” backward. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Next thing he knew, he was being wrenched inside the common room by about a dozen pairs of hands, and was facing the whole of Gryffindor House, all of whom were screaming, applauding, and whistling. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Someone was whistling two notes in the hallway. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The wind came whistling round it and struck at the crouched wet bodies. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Freak is whistling and the cop car spotlight comes beaming around the pond until it settles on us. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z The wind, whistling across the vacant lots and through the redbrick and fire escape canyons of the neighborhood, had taken another summer. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I unlock the car doors and slide in behind the wheel, both our lips whistling involuntarily as we’re saturated with stale heat. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The radiator woke Hyacinth the next day, whistling a joyful good morning. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Along the empty avenues of this town, now whistling softly, kicking a tin can ahead of him in deepest concentration, came a tall, thin man. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Then his father raised his belt, and it fell with a whistling sound on Roy, who shivered, and fell back, his face to the wall. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z The female voice was high and soft, like the wind whistling through the reeds of the water. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The next minute he had dropped his sword and was holding his stomach with both hands, doubled up and whistling. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Six boys came over the hill half an hour early that afternoon, running hard, their heads down, their forearms working, their breath whistling. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Laney made a funny whistling sound when she slept. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z A good while later, when they had been whistling and luring and following the disturbed and sulky hawk from tree to tree, Kay lost his temper. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he left me there, wandering off sideways through the corn instead of down the rows, alternately whistling and humming a song I didn’t know. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The only sounds were occasional snorts from the engine of Dr. Stanpole’s car when it turned over with special reluctance, and a thin, lonely whistling the wind sometimes made high in the still- bare trees. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The funnel of whistling noise and space received them. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The waving and whistling of the boys below, and their pursuit of him from tree to tree, had disturbed his never powerful brains. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “What?” she said over the noise of the whistling kettle. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The kettle was whistling and when I called back to ask what flavor he wanted he said something about my register. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Strolling and gawking at the houses and whistling a happy little dorky tune like some Sneezy or Snoozy or whatever their names are. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Faint whistling sounded from deep within the tiny forest. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Only when she mounts the stage and they ask for volunteers, all you can hear is the wind whistling through the decrepit buildings around her. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Well,” Toby admitted, “I wasn’t exactly whistling ‘Yankee Doodle,’ if you know what I mean. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z But the Starling leapt aside and flew up to the window-frame, whistling wickedly, well out of reach. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z A flock of starlings passed overhead, chattering and whistling, and a liquid dropping fell into the grass among the little group, but none moved or startled. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The crowd goes crazy—standing on the bleachers, clapping, whistling, and tossing peanuts onto the track. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He owned a sharp pocketknife—which I had been forbidden to touch— and sat for long hours in the sun, whittling, whistling quietly, or maybe, if he was feeling well, humming some strange tune. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z We always chose whistling pine because the branches were malleable, not as painful as the stiffer branches from the gmelina or the avocado. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, you will,” she said, and whistling softly, she turned toward the back of the yard. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The goat had lain on its side, legs bound, its sides heaving up and down like a bellows, breath whistling through its nostrils as it sucked its last air. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z She said nothing, she went on looking at the windows, and whistling. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z But just then a rivet came whistling through the air. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z I was whistling as I started up the driveway. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Beatrice began whistling again, and she rubbed Jasper’s head with her foot. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z But then Jiichan was coming into the room whistling in a sorry fashion—he could hardly whistle, and he couldn’t stay on tune at all! A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The audience is standing up, clapping and smiling and whistling. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When it cleared, raw winds swept down from the north, whistling through corridors and hall, sending up whirls of dust in the courtyard, billowing the tapestries that hung on the wall. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z September 2 Evening I have a feeling having muscles makes whistling possible. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Because he was sitting there when the half grown boy came around the corner of the house whistling and saw him. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z They reach up their hands, whistling and clapping and glowing with pride. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Just one of the Temptations’ tunes whistling clear-water cool through Pa’s lips. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z There is a chorus of bees in my stomach as I listen to Bo whistling in the kitchen. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The people are laughing and cheering and whistling. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z He considered me a moment, his eyebrows raised, whistling softly. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Early the next morning a contrary breeze came whistling along the river. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z TimeStar rocked back and forth on his heels, crossed his arms, puckered his lips as if he might start whistling casually. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Any second now, a hail of bullets would be whistling through the archway, and the last place he wanted to be was pinned down on a lower level. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I knew how he would look at them, smiling, and half whistling a tune under his breath. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z An instant later, Sam heard wind whistling through wing feathers. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z We went back, caught nine more fish, and skipped home, whistling. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Brother Thomas walked very swiftly: heel and toe, heel and toe, whistling tunelessly under his breath as he went. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z He let it go at that, and went out the door ahead of me, whistling off key. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Ever since Webb came dorking and whistling up the street that first day, he never saw me without saying hi. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z She woke up to the whistling of rockets streaking overhead. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The whistling stops for a moment as Bo flips a burger. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He cut the engine and got out whistling, totally cooled out, like it was another day at the office. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I can feel the wind blow and hear the mockingbird whistling on the way back to her nest. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z The doors rolled back and a keen air came whistling in. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z There was whistling and cheering and breaking glass. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Her voice was getting whinier by the second, the pitch rising higher and higher like a teakettle on the cusp of whistling. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “He’s whistling ‘Straighten Up and Hy Right’ and cutting all of Byron’s hair off!” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He has to stop and smile and pat Oliver’s head and then go back to the whistling. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z She pulled the door shut, and then a great, whistling wind came and shot the bolt home. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The only noise was the peculiarly bleak whistling of the wind through the upper branches. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Wind whistling up through the jagged gash in the floor kept the myriad bits of paper circulating like alabaster particles in a paperweight and contributed to a sensation of lacquered, waterlogged unreality. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I even start whistling “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He sprang away down hill, whistling and calling. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He was whistling as he crossed the landing. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z JT kept whistling the entire time, flipping through the pages of a comic book. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Poppy was whistling, so she figured it was a good moment to ask something like that. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Nina heard a high whistling as something shot through the air past them and collided with the bridge. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The wind was whistling across the slack dump. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The whistling grew louder and closer, and I licked my lips nervously. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z And his whistling died on his lips as if it had run down and needed to be wound up again. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Calista and Link were whistling with their fingers in their mouths. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Night winds, moaning around corners and whistling through cracks, dashed snow against the windows of the Mountain View Inn. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z We sped past the Publix shopping plaza, the wind whistling in my ears, and bounced over the train tracks. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Freak has his fingers in his mouth and he's whistling. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z On first hearing Miss Leep’s news he merely rolled his eyes, as if two dogs in his yard had reportedly been caught whistling “Dixie.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z From the direction of the barn Jody heard a shrill whistling scream and a splintering of wood, and then a man’s voice shouting. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z There were wristlets, short tubes of wool to keep the wind from whistling up soldier’s sleeves, and there were knitted helmets with only a hole in front to look out of. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z When the crowd exploded in applause, clapping and whistling, the man could not clap, because he was holding his sons legs, and so he just smiled and smiled, his face suddenly young with joyfulness. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The beetle came in a single whistling trajectory, fired from an invisible rifle. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z He crosses the street, whistling, and walks in the other direction. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I arced into the sky, the wind whistling in my ears. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Marina said, “The whistling of the wind and the noise of the incoming tide made it impossible to distinguish individual words. All the same, it was good to hear the voices.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z His hat pushed back off his forehead, he walked down the road whistling. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z We were cleaning A. J. Diany, a construction office, and he was whistling and singing like a canary. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Ignatius chewed while the man began his tuneless whistling again. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Harry is one of those city guys who years ago would stand on the street corner whistling at girls,” she said. Two Octogenarians Commit to ‘Living Apart Together’ 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z It is, in truth, almost as bad as it sounds; but this song has wormed its way into my affections, probably something to do with the whistling. Readers recommend: songs with special guests 2010-10-14T23:01:00Z The good news is, I am incapable of whistling. Break a Leg but Never Whistle: How Stage Superstitions Live On 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z Feeling like I’d had seven cups of coffee, I marched around the flat getting ready for work, singing loudly to drown out the cartoon anvil whistling down towards my head. Snooping in a dead man's house: my uneasy inheritance 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z A goofy whistling tune plays as they pose for the camera and jockey for attention. How ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ Changed Everything 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z The recording consists of quiet sounds from cars whistling by in the distance, ambient street noise, crickets and chirping birds. Music Review: John Cage Centennials at Symphony Space and the Stone 2012-09-06T22:01:20Z The cherished brownstone, drawn and diagrammed throughout the book, is a creaking, clanking, whistling haven of delights that evokes the pre-World War II New York City brownstone of Enright’s Melendy family. A Warmhearted, Multiracial Update to the Classic Big-Family Novel 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z People in the street started whistling The Addams Family theme tune. ‘I haven’t worn colour since I was 14’: meet Britain’s longest-standing goths 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z "You just see the tumbleweeds rolling across the street as soon as the whistling starts." Brad Paisley prepares for ninth album release 2011-05-13T21:17:40Z Yet Scott has an eye -- and it's a very good one -- for sieges of castles, charging horsemen, hand-to-hand combat, glistening swords arcing through the air and deadly arrows whistling toward helpless targets. "Robin Hood" drops tights in new extreme makeover 2010-05-10T04:13:00Z “Even if ‘Blue’ isn’t a play that sends you out thinking,” the reviewer, Bruce Weber, wrote, “you might leave whistling.” Phylicia Rashad to Direct ‘Blue’ at the Apollo Theater 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Eventually, she gets the hint and dinner is ready or the tea kettle is whistling. I can’t forgive my mother 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z To this day, I still get the heebeegeebees whenever I watch "Silence of the Lambs" especially with that last scene where Anthony Hopkins strolls along the sidewalk, whistling. Jonathan Demme, Oscar-Winning Director, Is Dead at 73 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z Still, accessibility doesn’t imply compromise: Ms. Koh and Mr. Karttunen had their hands full with eerily whistling false harmonics and other intricate technical devices. Music Review: Two by a Finnish Composer, and Variations Inspired by a Birthday 2011-05-11T21:41:23Z “Can you guys hear when the wind swirls like that? The whistling? That’s kind of scary.” Hurricane Ian Brings Wind, Rain and TikTok Followers 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Its dialogue between electronic and acoustic sounds is engagingly orchestrated, with players responding to clicks, bleats and gurgles with squirrely bow strokes and whistling harmonics. Review: The Orion Quartet Plays Kirchner Disguised as Bartok 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z The band’s mission wasn’t to preach or provoke, but rather to make sure you were whistling the hook of “Day Drinking” deep into the windy night. Review | Little Big Town mixes searing and saccharine at the Anthem 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z Before you know it, your own commentary becomes a whistling, six-burner range of tempests in teapots. Review: ‘We Were Feminists Once,’ on a Movement Co-Opted 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z I do not know which to prefer, The beauty of inflections Or the beauty of innuendos, The blackbird whistling Or just after. ‘What We See When We Read,’ by Peter Mendelsund 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z The piece is a postmodern remix that blends Schubert’s yearning melodies with tone clusters and playful gestures — even whistling. Martha Memories: The Week’s 8 Best Classical Music Moments on YouTube 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z And that cues Arthur Bryant’s entrance line: “Someone was whistling ‘Oh, Happy the Lily’ from Gilbert and Sullivan’s ‘Ruddigore’ very badly indeed.” 'Bryant & May and the Bleeding Heart,' by Christopher Fowler 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z Morgan figures she might as well let her take the wrap and strolls off whistling, meaning it's curtains for wimple-features. Camelot: episode 10 2011-08-05T21:01:01Z A saucer magnolia abloom is as off as someone whistling at a funeral. Spring is here. Mother Nature doesn’t care about a pandemic. 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z On Saturday, April 9, at the Cologne Opera in Germany, the Australian composer Liza Lim unveils her opera “Tree of Codes,” which includes snippets of a Turkish whistling language from a small mountain village. Vanishing Languages, Reincarnated as Music 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z Often the hit is achieved with the help of a gimmick, such as whistling. New band of the day – No 1,294: Mikhael Paskalev 2012-06-22T08:00:00Z It’s airy, delicate work; in a Disney cartoon, it would be done by whistling bluebirds, but it has a purpose. Is Lodi Too Good for Rockefeller Center? 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z Madeline Lootens’ video, which stars her two younger sisters, begins with this simple equation, set to cheery bluegrass music complete with whistling. 2013 winners of the 3-Minute Masterpiece film contest 2013-05-15T22:38:53Z “I’m just whistling by the graveyard, man. If I get down and go to start thinking about stuff, I’m liable to start crying.” Billy Joe Shaver invented outlaw country music. Why is he still rambling around Texas in a van? 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z “Everywhere I go, someone will recognize me from ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’ and start whistling the theme song,” he said in a 2003 interview, referring to Ennio Morricone’s famous score. Eli Wallach, veteran character actor, dies at 98 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z He was tortured and killed in Mississippi in 1955 after being accused of whistling at a white woman. The New Mississippi Civil Rights Museum Refuses to Sugarcoat History 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z The Clangers, the knitted, whistling alien creatures that engrossed children at the end of the 1960s and start of the '70s, are to make a comeback in a new series next year. BBC children's TV exhibition unveiled 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z People began shouting and whistling, making it clear to everyone present that the two people missed the boat. Cruise ship crew member appears to wave giant fake hand at couple that missed the boat 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z Many pointed to a passage from Ivanka’s 2009 book to note that she was indeed the victim of harassment from whistling construction workers. Ivanka’s insulating power: What the Trump scion still doesn’t get about sexual harassment 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z Her parents, eager to encourage any and all of her artistic aspirations, managed to find her a whistling teacher. Patrice Munsel, Soprano Who as a Teenager Won a Met Contract, Dies at 91 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z Mr. Thielemans was also an accomplished guitarist and a first-rate jazz whistler — he often played his most famous composition, “Bluesette,” on the guitar while whistling the melody one octave higher. ‘Toots’ Thielemans, master of the jazz harmonica, dies at 94 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z Set-pieces are Timlin's greatest strength – there are gun battles so vivid that you can almost feel the bullets whistling past your ears – but, with the tension beautifully maintained throughout, it's an exhilarating, high-octane read. Crime novels roundup 2010-05-14T23:28:00Z If people laughed at him, he says, “the only sound they would hear would be the sound of my fist whistling through the air.” “The Hurricane Tapes”: Will a British Podcast Solve the Hurricane Carter Case? 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z Foot-tapping, fidgeting and nail-biting are more familiar versions of this, but humming and whistling also fit. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: How can I stop my stepson’s constant humming? Hmm . . . 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z The whistling began to fade as I stepped into the cathedral, and then disappeared completely as I descended into the crypt. Lund, Sweden: Viking roots, off the beaten track 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z One gentleman left the pavilion whistling the last theme — a good measure of a new work's success — but "Northwest Passage" was difficult enough that even this crackerjack band gave it only a workmanlike reading. Bebop rules at Jazz Port Townsend 2011-08-01T05:16:04Z “Eleven Echoes of Autumn,” by George Crumb, enshrouded a García Lorca quotation, spoken by the musicians, with sonorous harmonics, eerie whistling and ghostly rumbles and scrapes. Music Review: Aeolian Players at Symphony Space, Celebrating 50 Years 2012-12-17T05:23:04Z The dancers are now audience members; cheering, screaming and whistling as professionals or students emerge from backstage for their performances. Watch These Captivating Salsa Dancers, and Try Not to Break a Sweat 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Or perhaps you can recall the almost revival-choir hook, “Laugh until we think we’ll die, barefoot on a summer night, never could be sweeter than with you,” set to accordions, trumpets, and Seven Dwarfs-style whistling. A Pop Star Becomes a Guru 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z His whistling seemed to conjure a protective field; in the leaves fanning my shoulders, I sensed a dusting of energy. Amazon Awakening 2010-10-15T18:24:00Z When the credits roll, you might find yourself feeling vexed — but you might also end up whistling one of the film’s many earworms for days to come. ‘Torn Hearts’ Review: Sequins and Savagery 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z The black teen from Chicago was in Mississippi visiting family in 1955 when he was killed, allegedly for whistling at a white woman. PepsiCo ending ties with Lil Wayne 2013-05-03T21:37:08Z All the while, he fought paralyzing stage fright, the whistling serving to push him out of his comfort zone. How a Washington power player became the best whistler in the world 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z The result includes references to some very good whistling skills. Music Weekly podcast: Hookworms go wah-wah, and Charli XCX goes it alone 2013-04-04T16:25:44Z Sitting on the grass and whistling to himself, Mr. McCartney exudes the unassuming charm of country gentleman in a good mood. New Music: A New Album From Paul McCartney 2012-02-06T16:02:08Z But kicked-over microphone stands, whistling feedback and detached tumult do not translate into a free pass at showing no regard for its music or fans. Pitchfork Day 3: Vampire Weekend, Ty Segall, Kendrick Lamar (and Lady Gaga?) 2012-07-16T05:11:00Z He still panics if he hears someone whistling backstage. Ballet dancers have weird and quirky pre-show rituals that would put any sports star to shame 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z One work contains nine small boxes whose sounds — a gurgling baby, buzzing insects, a whistling tea kettle — emerge when their lids are lifted. In the galleries: Strangely familiar objects for the eyes and ears 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z “And it just so happens that whistling is the only thing I can do that allows me entry into the world of musicians.” Whistling as an Art Almost Died Off. Can Molly Lewis Keep It Alive? 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z He later recalled getting used to “the whistling, ranting and raging” with which audiences would greet his Hindemith, Stravinsky and Schoenberg with the Mainz Symphony in Germany. He Was an Important Conductor. Also a Great One. 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z The room was noisy and Judge O’Neill brought it to attention by whistling loudly. Bill Cosby Trial Day 8: What to Expect 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z Toots whistled the Old Spice deodorant commercial in the 1970s and ’80s, and he wrote the jazz standard “Bluesette,” which he originally played on the guitar while whistling the melody an octave higher. Toots Thielemans: A harmonica titan looks back on a stellar career 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z T Smith, who wrote: "Diana should have publicly apologised and not just stood there polishing her bloody WI badge and whistling". Great British Bake Off presenters fend off sabotage claims 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z Here's a helmet cam clip of climbing a long hill near Torquay in Devon, the birds singing, the wind whistling through the trees. Why I love … cycling 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z I've been playing your new album, False Idols, and the builders working on our house have been singing and whistling along. Tricky: 'I don't believe that death exists' 2013-05-23T15:00:00Z Coloring the score are the sounds of bells, whistling, birdlike cries and the growl of a low bass voice. What Is Russia Thinking? A ‘Documentary Opera’ Tries to Answer. 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z Damian Lewis infuses the cry with something wild and feral, the whistling edges of a trapped animal’s howl. Homeland Watch: Motel Matches 2012-11-19T13:00:01Z It will of course end with stamping, whistling, cheering pandemonium. Pl?cido Domingo: 'I am a very happy man, but I love to suffer on stage' 2010-07-17T23:05:00Z The same approximate whistling pitch, for example, is used for “A”, “O” and “U”. Sing like a canary! The whistling consultant who taught Romanian noir gangsters a tune 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z You can hear a whistling and a crackling in the air as Roger Moore begins to tune out. James Bond on film – ranked! 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z Still in costume, he takes his devoted fan to an outdoor cafe where, recognized by the patrons and throwing caution to the wind, he sweeps her into a slow tango, whistling seductively in her ear. ‘The White Sheik’: Fellini’s Charming Farce About Fandom 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z As they do reading the story of Will Young, and a book whose most obvious feature is the wind whistling through it. Clash of the celebrity memoirs 2012-12-10T17:04:59Z He looked up with his glacial blue eyes to watch the floor numbers change, the air gently whistling through his nose hairs. What the heck does Steve King do all day? 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Rather than give up, Bird built property on this seeming no-man’s land — a career based on his trademark violin, whistling and witty lyrics. Andrew Bird gets confessional, at last: “I really wanted to make a less whimsical, more visceral, grab-you-in-the-gut kind of record” 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z Travelers sleep in tents and are accompanied by four to six trackers who communicate through whistling to imitate panda sounds. Practical Traveler: Tiger Safaris in India and Bird Watching in Cambodia 2012-03-21T14:16:30Z There are male and female harmonies and the multi-instrumental surprises — guitar, cello, violin, harmonica, xylophone and whistling. Music Match: If You Like Fleetwood Mac, Try the Kopecky Family Band 2013-05-14T16:44:20Z The tune is sung through some muffling device that merely serves to make you strain even harder to hear the words, and after a verse or two the melody is bolstered by some whistling. New band of the day ? No 783: Foster the People 2010-05-11T14:44:00Z “Did everyone get their stimulus checks or are we all whistling past the graveyard?” Knitting for the Apocalypse 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z Within the Tam O’Shanter’s lifetime, whistling was a relatively common act in the music world. Whistling as an Art Almost Died Off. Can Molly Lewis Keep It Alive? 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z The children's show, which started in 1969, starred pink, whistling creatures who lived under dustbin lids on a faraway planet. Palin 'honoured' to narrate Clangers 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z According to Haitian Creole language blogger Mandaly Claude Louis-Charles, whistling exists alongside sitting cross-legged, making direct eye contact, and standing with your hands on your sides as things to never be done near elders. 20 common American behaviors that are considered rude elsewhere around the world 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z Taking advantage of Powell's two strengths, Edwards made Diamond a singing detective, whistling the opening theme and crooning a song at the end. 10 Pink Panthers at Tiffany's: Farewell to Blake Edwards 2010-12-19T14:10:00Z Andrews mentions people flicking their train tickets, or jangling their coins, or whistling. 'All my life suddenly made sense': how it feels to be diagnosed with autism late in life 2016-11-19T05:00:00Z And eerily whistling along at the same time. Gustavo Dudamel taps into the power of sound at the Hollywood Bowl 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z Using reverberating plucked notes and whistling harmonics, he created the illusion of space and the acoustics of abandoned industrial architecture. Review: Todd Reynolds, Live and Recorded, at the Jewish Museum 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z Indeed, Mr Robot couldn’t feel more “of the moment” if it came sliding into view on a hoverboard whistling Trap Queen. Mr Robot: 'Edward Snowden is a huge fan of our show' 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z If you can hear the title of Idle’s new memoir, “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” and not immediately begin whistling, then you probably need to go watch “Life of Brian” again. Look Ahead: The hottest Seattle events for October 2018 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z I was struck by an early scene where Poorna admonishes Sam for whistling, claiming that it signals evil spirits. "It Lives Inside" director on his psychological monster and "counterintuitive" approach to suspense 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z I learned to play Blusette on guitar, whistling along like him. Toots Thielemans, Who Won Jazz Renown With the Harmonica, Dies at 94 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z He did the whistling part at the end, it was great. The Byrds' Roger McGuinn on His Special Bond With Pete Seeger 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z At its finest, especially in the eerie whistling of the soldiers going into battle, or when momentary visions of grandeur tumble into harmonic disarray, it shows the composer near to his best. CLC/RPO/Wetton – review 2012-11-27T17:32:33Z Till, an African-American from Chicago, was beaten and murdered in 1955 at the age of 14 for allegedly whistling at a white woman in the village of Money, Mississippi, where he was visiting family. PepsiCo drops rapper Lil Wayne over controversial lyric 2013-05-03T23:42:14Z And, of course, there are plenty of sound effects, including: spooky music, whistling spaceship sounds and an angry milling crowd. Vintage radio stories from Kurt Vonnegut, Ray Bradbury and more 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z The black teen from Chicago was in Mississippi visiting family in 1955 when he was killed - allegedly for whistling at a white woman. Till family calls for meeting with Lil Wayne 2013-05-03T01:31:12Z “There were always birds whistling in the background” of films like “Cinderella” and “Snow White,” she explained, “so I decided to whistle my way to Hollywood.” Patrice Munsel, Soprano Who as a Teenager Won a Met Contract, Dies at 91 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z He bounced around, whistling to himself, happily preparing platefuls of dates, fruit and sweets, which he laid out on the floor on a wipe-clean laminated Persian rug. Safety or politeness? That time I let myself be taken captive — because I didn’t want to be rude 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z The trio closed the early set the first night with “Do Re Mi Fa Sol,” Mr. Hekselman whistling the tune’s lullaby melody as he strummed a warbling, two-chord progression. Live Jazz: Three August Standouts, From Gilad Hekselman to Rebolú 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z They take turns reading the text and whistling until all the whistlers have taken a solo. Make Music New York’s Main Act Is Cardew’s ‘Great Learning’ 2013-06-20T22:28:32Z The other day, I came up with the idea that you hear a lot of whistling wind and the screen gets darker and darker. Q&A: Mel Brooks, 95, is still riffing 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z Let's just say everyone erupted into a standing ovation, whistling and clapping. 2018 Tony Nominations: ‘Mean Girls’ and ‘SpongeBob’ Lead the Way 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z In the late 1950s he struck up a friendship with Moog after writing to him to order parts for a theremin, the whistling, no-hands instrument best known from science-fiction film soundtracks. Walter Sear, an Audio Engineer With a Passion for Analog, Dies at 80 2010-05-07T03:11:00Z “The whistling has expanded my world to make it a healthier world.” How a Washington power player became the best whistler in the world 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z And I Kept Hearing is as summery and soft as Perry Como's Magic Moments, with whistling and everything. Kenneth Bager (No 1,077) 2011-08-03T16:05:28Z A final exchange between Ms. Wethers and Ms. Young’s whistling exhalations on the bassoon was marvelously charged, the lights pulsing slowly, alternately brighter and dimmer. Dance Review: ?Target: :furnace? at Chocolate Factory - Review 2011-11-03T21:22:44Z This beautiful colour pencil art showed a large cartoon character whistling while he urinated into a toilet with flies buzzing around him. The artists' artist: graphic novelists 2011-07-13T20:59:02Z There’s a strong sense that such activities are akin to whistling in the dark. ‘Our Mothers’ Review: Uncovering Atrocities in Guatemala, Bone by Bone 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z It is pure pop. The whistling song that conquered the world! Ten years of Wichita Recordings 2010-07-09T10:30:00Z Then horse-trade: “If you stop crunching, I’ll stop humming, whistling, coughing, nervous giggling, twirling my hair” — you get the point. Social Q?s: It?s Me, Not Caring 2010-09-30T21:20:00Z It's globe-girdling, there's a murder in it, there are sweatshops in Saipan, dirty deals in Russia, arms whistling to the West Bank. Jack Abramoff, Eliot Spitzer: A tale of two swindlers 2010-05-06T16:01:00Z Ocarina, slapstick, whistling, electric guitar noises, grunts, electronics and howls in the night: Anything was welcome if it had dramatic effect. Ennio Morricone Was More Than Just a Great Film Composer 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z Then a short, disturbing whistling noise signals a change, and whump: a grind of jaw-rattling guitar and drums throw in for the last two minutes. Playlist: CDs From Guillermo Klein, Kris Davis and the Body 2010-08-08T00:47:00Z Programmed beats, tinkly bell tones, synthesizer swoops, swirling arpeggios, whistling, crunching, his own multiplied voice, whooshing gusts of white noise. Music Review: Oorutaichi Performs at Japan Society 2012-11-18T22:25:21Z He also enjoyed a side career as a whistler; his whistling skills were featured on albums by Bette Midler and others and commercials for Irish Spring soap and other products. K. Lamar Alsop, Violinist and Ballet Concertmaster, Dies at 85 2014-02-09T02:47:28Z There are often guys on the corners, on this part of Seventy-first, whistling and wigwagging signals up the block. The Unexpected Power of Your Old Neighborhood 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z But he doesn’t look at whistling as a place to flee. How a Washington power player became the best whistler in the world 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z He spoke with vigor about the “fantastic spectacle” created by the German occupiers when, while the air was filled with echoes of whistling bullets and explosions, enormous military searchlights lit up the night. With a Sound Forged in War, Iannis Xenakis Embraced Chaos 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z Lewis moved to Los Angeles a year later, where whistling gigs of all types, from touring to session work, eventually took over. Whistling as an Art Almost Died Off. Can Molly Lewis Keep It Alive? 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z Bird first took the stage solo, where he quickly layered loops of whistling, xylophone and a soaring violin melody before he delicately plucked his violin for "Why?" Andrew Bird rocks with ease at Auditorium show 2012-05-13T12:57:00Z Whether falling short or whistling overhead, it never let up. D-Day Dispatch: The first reporter on the beach 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z Oh, I knew what I was in for: screams, gun shots, a whistling psychopath, fraught minutes in the dark and rigid postures of fear. ArtsBeat: London Theater Journal: Comfortably Mousetrapped 2012-01-26T14:30:40Z The air rushes over her, whistling how have you been? – and she responds with a glassy stare.3. Foyle Young Poets award: read the winning poems 2012-10-04T13:19:11Z Well, the tracks that most affected me when I was a raver were the ones you'd be whistling as you went home on your bike – as you do in the Netherlands. Martyn: 'Dubstep in the US has taken the place of nu-metal' 2012-06-13T11:59:00Z The ambitious but unconvincing production, expanded since that first iteration, features Brooklyn Rider and five dancers from Mr. Heginbotham’s company and begins with a curious, whistling squeak. ‘Chalk and Soot’ in White Light Festival 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z The whistling is constant, though we rarely hear it. Whistleblowers walk among us. Now one has gotten in Trump’s head. 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z My children are not always “whistling while they work.” The right response when your child doesn’t want to be ‘bossed around’ 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z Johnson kicks off her album with a warm, after-hours rendition of the not-often-performed song by Stephen Sondheim, “Anyone Can Whistle,” capping it off with some whistling of her own. Review: Album releases by Greta Matassa and Kelley Johnson show two Seattle jazz singers at the top of their game 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z Meanwhile the Sunday Mirror seems to me to be whistling in the dark; this is their great rival going under, you'd think they'd be celebrating from the rooftops. The Sunday papers with ? Billy Bragg 2011-07-10T11:56:00Z It's incredible: 10 stupid animals being made to perform complicated manoeuvres on the other side of a field by two clever animals which are controlled, via whistling, by an even cleverer one. TV review: One Man and his Dog; David Suchet on the Orient Express 2010-12-20T07:59:01Z The adverb "sometimes" makes us wait, and the conceit of the winds whistling of "joy or pain" makes us wait longer. Poem of the week: Words by Edward Thomas 2013-02-25T10:51:18Z His occasional whistling of a Mozart riff proves a vital clue to what’s going on. Review: ‘Three’ Asks, Any Mozart Aficionados in the House? 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z They are learning the el silbo gomero, the island’s whistling language, which dates back at least to the 15th century and is now the unlikely star of a new Romanian film noir, The Whistlers. Sing like a canary! The whistling consultant who taught Romanian noir gangsters a tune 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z You feel a rush of anxiety and thrill every time the tracks start whistling. Review: An Opera Erases and Rewrites the American Myth 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z Opening with a low, whistling rumble, like white noise through a speaker, it hardly leaves any sound unmodified. Review | Whistles, rumbles, bleeps: New Icelandic music sounds like no string quartet you’ve ever heard 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z One of my favorites is about halfway into “Exactly How I Feel” — as she’s whipping up the enthusiasm, there’s the sound of a whistling teakettle about to boil over. Will Lizzo Rule the Grammys Like She Owned 2019? 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Even more unusual was how he first gained international attention: by playing guitar and whistling in unison. Toots Thielemans, Who Won Jazz Renown With the Harmonica, Dies at 94 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z Mobs everywhere, with banners, bands, bells, whistles, singing, screaming, clanging, whistling, and in every other way acclaiming the big hero of the day. The celebrity war hero of 1919: The search for Sergeant York and his famous WWI diary 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z “Sometimes you gotta call a girl,” the man told Jones, clicking his tongue and whistling. Clueless dude catcalls women during interview about anti-catcalling campaign 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z Gone were the whistling and the ukulele, and in their stead mournful strings and despair. Noah and the Whale: I never thought of myself as a singer' 2011-02-24T21:30:01Z The first was a new single called “Good Life” that started with whistling. 'Dancing With the Stars' results recap: Wendy's out of time 2011-04-06T14:00:12Z Before I even stood, I heard the whistling of intense wind; the lighthouse’s clifftop position is one of the most exposed on the island. Keeping the Fire of Irish Lighthouses Alive 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z I started whistling when I was about four years old. Experience: I’m a world-class whistler 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z The end point of this journey: Should you desire an audiobook of “The Phantom Tollbooth,” this is a fine one; but me, I’m leaving it in the vault with Washington’s whistling. Rainn Wilson Narrates a New Audiobook of ‘The Phantom Tollbooth’ 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z Ultimately, all of what Wells says reads as a whistling in the dark to distract from a terrible, inarguable mortality. He Can’t Save His Daughter. Can He Save Himself? 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z Paragraph 1, which will be performed in St Paul’s Chapel on Broadway, features organ music, speakers and whistling on a variety of found objects and instruments. Make Music New York’s Main Act Is Cardew’s ‘Great Learning’ 2013-06-20T22:28:32Z If women only had to put up with whistling from a few men in hard hats, an eye roll could suffice as a reaction. No, Catcalling Is Not a Form of Empowerment 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z “The Kingdoms of Savannah” is an ensemble piece with no real center of gravity, and way too many kooky humans to enumerate here: a slumlord, a lazy boatman, a whistling vagrant. In ‘The Kingdoms of Savannah,’ Oddballs Circle Around a Murder Mystery 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z Hence, the score doesn't employ the Fender electric guitar and whistling that distinguished his famous spaghetti westerns. 'Hateful Eight' puts veteran Ennio Morricone's score center stage 2015-12-25T05:00:00Z The collection won among the strongest reactions of any of this season's Paris shows, with the audience hooting, cheering and whistling its enthusiastic approval as Burton ducked out for a bow. At McQueen, some see clues to Middleton mystery 2011-03-09T02:46:04Z Instead of metaphorical bells and whistles, there were actual bells and people whistling. Review: Jennifer Monson, the Spellbinding Shape-Shifter 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z Audience members were cheering and whistling early on during the performance as Sheen sat on stage answering questions from a master of ceremonies. Sheen takes Chicago stage after Detroit failure 2011-04-04T01:39:17Z Said breakbeat is swiftly buried beneath a thrilling mass of sound: grinding bass, under electronic noises that variously recall whistling, the clanking of bottles and horror-film strings distorted almost beyond recognition. Fuck Buttons: Slow Focus – review 2013-07-18T14:30:01Z Then one day, he heard someone whistling “Red Wing,” an old fiddle tune he remembered growing up in Minnesota. National Symphony Orchestra violist plays heirloom built by grandfather 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z But a person doesn’t need to suffer from a neurological disorder to be extremely aggravated by the sound of constant whistling. Perspective | Ask Amy: Woman wants to get out of her own way 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z Expect plenty of ricocheting bullet sound effects, whistling and a spoken narrative to keep the stories moving. In Transit Blog: Ennio Morricone's Music Gets Comic Treatment in London 2012-01-04T11:00:59Z A soundtrack of tweeting, whistling and chirping birds accompanied the treatment as my therapist kneaded my backpack-forged knots. Journeys: It?s Back to Nature at Rustic Spas in Quebec 2011-06-10T18:55:13Z Still, minor points must be deducted for a whistling solo with so much great piano and pedal steel guitar elsewhere on the album. Review: Billy Bragg blends themes big and small 2013-03-18T17:25:09Z He’d recorded the audience’s reaction, and you couldn’t hear half the lines — it was all whistling, screaming, laughing and cheering. ‘Animal House’ Oral History: From Richard Pryor to a Real Melee 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z We watched three hill mynahs fly overhead when we heard the long, lilting song of the Malabar whistling thrush. India, Through a Birder?s Eyes 2011-01-14T20:30:41Z There's no room for hair straighteners, but you can have a whistling kettle that packs flat. The Art of Camping by Matthew de Abaitua - review 2011-07-06T09:00:01Z "I'm whistling, singing, playing harmonica and dancing," he said with a laugh. Whistlers pucker up and blow into Carolina town 2012-04-19T06:53:09Z Burgess’ rendition of the upbeat “Under the Sea” had folks whistling and dancing along. 'Little Mermaid' at the Hollywood Bowl: Diving into the scene 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z All of Berlin was whistling Weill’s melodies, and lines for tickets wound around the block. ‘The Threepenny Opera,’ Without the ‘Cabaret’ Clichés 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z Growls, rasps and croaks emanate from deep in the throat and typically form drone chords, with overtones somehow manipulated to produce added whistling sounds, even melodies, high above. Music Review: ‘Collected Stories’ Series Continues at Zankel Hall 2014-04-25T20:41:35Z Because sailors whistle to operate a boat’s booms and jibs, whistling on a stage is considered bad luck. Twyla Tharp’s Premiere Week: The Stage Ship Sails 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z Ms. O’Sullivan also has a playful side, skillfully wolf whistling and at one point leading the audience in a chorus of “meows.” Review: Camille O’Sullivan, Proclaiming Ferocious Truths at Irish Arts 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology he received his doctorate in physics in 1945 and did consulting work on the side, providing solutions to problems like whistling steam pipes and loudly shuddering air-conditioning systems. Cyril Harris Dies at 93; Fine-Tuned Concert Halls 2011-01-09T02:20:26Z By her early 20s, Lewis was a veteran of the niche world of competitive whistling; in 2015, she took first prize in the women’s live-band division at the Masters of Musical Whistling tournament. Whistling as an Art Almost Died Off. Can Molly Lewis Keep It Alive? 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z He’s a surrogate father to Quill and carries around a deadly arrow that he can control by whistling. 10 Things You Need to Know Before Watching Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z Dear Amy: "Line Cook" reported being extremely aggravated by the chef's constant whistling in the kitchen. Perspective | Ask Amy: Woman wants to get out of her own way 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z And he’s what makes the film worth watching, right from the moment he’s caught absentmindedly whistling while waiting for the film equipment to be set up. Larry David and death row: the amazing tale of how Curb saved one man's life 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z Even Day acknowledged that "whom" is whistling past the grammar graveyard. Hallmark drives another nail in coffin of dying pronoun 'whom' 2012-09-07T00:09:03Z The whistling community is getting bigger and bigger, and we often meet each other at tournaments. Experience: I’m a world-class whistler 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Her interpretation is delivered with the casual charm of “a passer-by whistling something strange and ear-catching. You don’t notice the art of it, because it sounds so natural.” Hear the Martha Argerich Recordings That Inspired 8 Young Pianists 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z Water trickles melodically through Teddington lock; a ship's bell tolls; a whistling buoy on the estuary duets with a fog horn; the struts of the millennium bridge sing. Bill Fontana: Caught by the river 2010-04-15T21:20:00Z Luckily for Heart, the audience didn’t seem to care and responded with a whistling, stomping five-minute ovation calling the band back for an encore — a demand not usually afforded to local openers. Before chart-topping success, Heart, playing Tacoma Dome next week, was a Seattle band kicking around the local clubs 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z “Two Virgins” offers a cheerful, sometimes goofy, tapestry of sound — whistling, piano tinkling, a Mellotron, an electronic drone enhanced by tape loops, reverb and other effects. Yoko Ono’s Vintage Sonic Blasts Still Sound Like the Future 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z And the monkeys depend, for 80 percent of their diet, on the Seussian-looking whistling thorn acacia trees of the Laikipia plateau. Perspective | Is Dr. Seuss’s Lorax real? These professors may have solved a 47-year-old mystery. 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z He began whistling as young boy to while away the lonely hours at military boarding school. Whistlers pucker up and blow into Carolina town 2012-04-19T06:53:09Z It's a world of car phones, whining birds in motors, people whistling upon receipt of surprising news, and of in-yer-face shouting as legitimate police management technique. The Professionals 2010-08-24T06:59:00Z Then think of this: Once the toboggans hit the bottom of the chute, whistling through the surrounding trees, the wooden creations come screaming onto the ice of Hosmer Pond, like rudimentary rockets, wild and unleashed. Competitive Tobogganing in Maine. Well, Sort Of Competitive. 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z Almost every day, the man in the bow tie is whistling “Happy Birthday” to someone. How a Washington power player became the best whistler in the world 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z On Make It Better they even have whistling, which is a measure of how cool they are, although, embarrassingly, they don't appear on that "cool list". New band of the day ? No 896: The Knocks 2010-10-27T16:09:00Z Recording at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany, where the Beatles had woodshedded, Lewis’s youthful energy was stoked by a screaming, whistling crowd. Jerry Lee Lewis: Listen to 10 Songs From a Rock ’n’ Roll Pioneer 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z And they’re upbeat, at least on the surface, with hearty guitar strums, sinewy cellos, pumping horns and even some whistling. Critics? Choice: New CDs by the New Pornographers and the Hold Steady 2010-05-02T20:55:00Z The same week Moonlight opened, a sign commemorating Emmett Till, murdered for whistling at a white woman, was riddled with bullet holes – a 14-year-old still considered suspect, six decades after being lynched. Moonlight portrays black gay life in its joy, sadness and complexity 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z |
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