Word: swish
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...entered the portal of old Appleton he so loved, he heard the swish of a gown and a low growl. Appleby gave the familiar spaniel a playful kick in the ribs and turned around to face the front of Jove himself...
...deep blue of the sky. Huge battleships, their flags flying, moved along like imperturbable swimming pyramids; slim grey destroyers cut through the water as precisely as a butcher's whirling knife slices cheese; ungainly plane and submarine tenders waddled past. The only sounds were the faint swish of the waves, the wasp-like drone of seaplanes soaring overhead...
...standing in one corner of the court, he approximated this direction only by trying to stand all four corners at the same time. Tilden seemed to encourage this youthful insurgence. The champion was grim. He did not fool at all and actually managed, with terrific serves and drives that swish faster than any others on this earth, to take a set, the second. But even his efforts, and those of the doughty Chapin, could not prevail against the gleaming, electrical teamwork of Richards and Williams who, rushing for the net after every serve, volleyed their way to the doubles championship...
...were whirled away by the inrushing torrent. In the choppy waves struggled sailors knocked overboard by the impact. Sinking fast into the ocean were the men caught below, clambering frantically up onto the pipes as the black water pursued. Deadly chlorine gas swirled from the battery compartment. With a swish the glistening submarine sank beneath the moonlit waves. Three were saved...
...Stanley's comrades reached him in the water, but soon both were sinking. Toward them came then a droning roar, a splash, a gliding swish, and strong hands reaching down to hold their heads above water until a third rescuer, the Quartermaster's launch, sputtered up to take the two gulping, gasping privates aboard...