whishing

For a moment, Grey put it down to imagination, but then he realized she was right; it was an obvious whishing now that had no business there, and steadier.

A sliding door or panel at one end was lifted up- the body deposited within, on a shelf- the door reclosed- a spring a the side touched- a sudden 'whishing,' sighing sound heard from within; and lo!

It's an intimate sound, heard only when conditions are right: no traffic, no howling winds, no bellowing horns from ships TERENCE HUGHES Bay Ridge, Brooklyn The whishing of Frisbees in Sheep Meadow as they cut through the heavy summer air.