Usage examples (4)

• There's a lot of stuff whitling around in it and not much focus.
• The life-history of sea-trout is much the same as that of salmon, and the fish on their first return from the sea in the grilse-stage are called by many names, finnock, herling...
• Like whitling the head of a duck, writing a novel is a process of negotion with the material at hand and every act, each engagement with that material translates both...
• We then lit a large fire, round which all the passengers squatted on their heels in Texas fashion, each man whitling a piece of wood, and discussing the merits of the...