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How to use the word Whistle in a Sentence?

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Even when people realize they have a soft tissue injury, they often carry on with their program and whistle past the graveyard, hoping it gets better with time, more often than not, it just gets worse and worse until it hurts badly enough that the person simply can't train due to the pain.

Mike Matthews

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We lost the game. I think it was 3-1 and there were seconds left, when I remember (Canada captain) Hayley Wickenheiser nailed Natalie Darwitz, it was offside, and she hit her right after the whistle or during the whistle, depending on who you talk to.

Monique Lamoureux-Morando

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It was offside, and she hit her right after the whistle or during the whistle, depending on who you talk to, i was on the ice and mayhem ensued.

Monique Lamoureux-Morando

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We confirmed with the referee and the crew that on that play — they got together and talked — they determined that they had a whistle, but that the whistle for them on the field was blown after the receiver caught the ball.

Walt Anderson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We are truly devastated by the tragic passing of our amazing friend and musician Ashling Murphy. Words cannot describe how heartbroken we are to lose such a special young lady, far too early in her life, we are privileged to have had Ashling as a fiddle and tin whistle tutor within our branch. She had a warm and caring approach with her pupils and she inspired them to be the best they could be.

Ballyboy Comhaltas

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

They said the forward progress had been stopped. Sounded like the whistle blew after he extended the football.

Josh Heupel

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

That little $ 3 whistle is what saved us from having to spend a night out there.

Bart Giles

Found on CNN
3 years ago

They said that Youngkin’s campaign was like a dog whistle to White supremacist tendencies by talking about parents ’ rights, what about Black parents ’ rights ? What about Asian parents ’ rights ? Why do they think it's only White people's rights that they're talking about ?

Kenny Xu

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Do we want to be in a world where machine security guards are watching our every move and blowing the whistle on every petty violation of every law, rule, statute or guideline? that's potentially a nightmare vision.

Jay Stanley

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

He was like the coach of jazz. He put on the sweatshirt, blew the whistle and made these guys work.

Nick Spitzer

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

But for the courage of someone willing to blow the whistle, he would have gotten away with it, instead, he got caught. He tried to cheat, and he got caught.

Adam Schiff

Found on CNN
5 years ago

There have been stories written about a certain individual, a male, and they say he's the whistle-blower, if he's The Whistleblower, he has no credibility. Because he's a Brennan guy, he's a Susan Rice guy, he's an Obama guy. And he hates Trump.

Donald Trump

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Its no longer a dog whistle, its a bullhorn.

Waleed Shahid

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

I'm not surprised, the refereeing has been questionable the whole tournament, in terms of the rules and decisions there needs to be more clarity for everyone, it's the way it goes, you have to play to the whistle. But we definitely need more clarity about certain things.

Alanna Kennedy

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The notion of identity politics has been peddled for the last 10 years, and its been used as a dog whistle to say that we shouldnt pay too much attention to the new voices coming into progress.

Stacey Abrams

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

From the first whistle, everything went wrong, i just want to apologize to the fans. They're the only people with the badge on today who can hold their head high, because we can't.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I think more than anything else, Hillary Clinton had come up with a reductive message that The People could interpret as The People own personal dog whistle if The People wanted, about what kind of America The People wanted restored and what was insufficient about the current America that needed to be undone.

Michael Bierut

Found on CNN
5 years ago

By the time of the Super Bowl, the players have been practicing and playing for 20-plus weeks and recovery leading up to the game is crucial. We also want to make sure the athletes are maintaining their weight and fueling appropriately during the week leading up to the game so that they have a full tank when the whistle blows, most importantly, we would not want the athlete to eat a food that they have never had before, especially on the day of the game.

Mike Minnis

Found on CNN
5 years ago

There isn't necessarily any 'magic' food that we recommend the players to eat leading up to the Super Bowl. The most important thing is consistency and trying to stay on the same eating schedule that they are used to, especially the week leading up to the game, by the time of the Super Bowl, the players have been practicing and playing for 20-plus weeks and recovery leading up to the game is crucial. We also want to make sure the athletes are maintaining their weight and fueling appropriately during the week leading up to the game so that they have a full tank when the whistle blows.

Mike Minnis

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Vigano presented himself as a whistle blower, but he also had a persecution complex. He saw conspiracy theories all around him.

John Thavis

Found on CNN
6 years ago

There is no excuse for retaliation against VA whistle-blowers like Dr. Klein. The president’s recent executive order makes that abundantly clear. The VA should fully comply with the committee’s request and stop the retaliation against Dr. Klein, who was only trying to expose substandard patient care.

Ron Johnson

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

He'd email back, being like, 'Oh, yeah, that's interesting. Can you try this instead?' I'd be like, 'Hey, can you guys stop the car?' Then, I would whistle again.

Justin Hurwitz

Found on CNN
7 years ago

I was visiting my parents in Wisconsin. I was coming back to L.A. that day. I was just packing my stuff up at their house. We were heading off to the airport. Damien and I were still emailing back and forth about, 'Oh, this whistle. Should we have a whistle?'... I was so in the middle of it. I didn't want to have to put it down to go to the airport and fly.

Justin Hurwitz

Found on CNN
7 years ago

It is unacceptable that any law-abiding whistle-blower would be punished for bringing the issues within VA to light.

Phil Roe

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

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