His cheerful whistling indicated that he enjoyed his work.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Verb (used without object) : This teakettle whistles when it boils.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used with object) : to whistle a tune. ,He whistled his dog over.    From Dictionary.com. 

Noun : a prolonged whistle of astonishment.    From Dictionary.com. 

This is what we call whistling through the graveyard.    From Wordnik.com.  [David Horowitz Freedom Center] Reference

However, I can't help but think this is what they call whistling past the graveyard.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama Discusses Wright Controversy In New Web Video] Reference

Its cheerful whistling is audible in our house throughout the day.    From Wordnik.com.  [This weekend] Reference

A high, thin whistling noise of a different texture from the ventilator's.    From Wordnik.com.  [*BD* 11 1 86] Reference

“That is what I call whistling,” said he, after he had repeated the signal thrice; “and now to cover, to cover, or.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kenilworth] Reference

BRAZILE: ... for so-called whistling at a white woman.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 26, 2006] Reference

Footsteps approached, and Luis limped back in whistling.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wielding The Knife « A Fly in Amber] Reference

Now I understood that the whistling was a way for Icarus to see.    From Wordnik.com.  [When the Wind Blows]

Sloan - I fear that might justly be called whistling past the graveyard.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bill Kristol on the Saddleback Forum.] Reference

The widgeon has such a shrill cry, that it is sometimes called the whistling duck.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally] Reference

French for "whistle" or a word which conveyed the idea of whistling to the engine driver.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Padre in France] Reference

Your comment is known as whistling past the graveyard, trying to remain cheerful in difficult circumstances.    From Wordnik.com.  [Newsvine - Get Smarter Here] Reference

Tundra swans, also known as whistling swans, are the more common of two native swan species in North America.    From Wordnik.com.  [MercedSun-Star.com: front] Reference

In addition to ukulele, there's an accordion, a cello, and Lucy Michelle's whistling, which is it's own instrument.    From Wordnik.com.  [News & Features from Minnesota Public Radio] Reference

As he was an excellent amateur musician, the lugubrious tone of his whistling was the subject of many jokes between them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Otherwise Phyllis] Reference

He watched Cormac back away, smiled grimly and then with dazzling speed attacked, the sword whistling for the youth's skull.    From Wordnik.com.  [Last Sword Of Power]

Irene, and gave me the following account: 'Before the curtain drew up, there were catcalls whistling, which alarmed Johnson's friends.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life Of Johnson]

And there was also a-- what sounded to us, at least, like a kind of whistling sound.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 11, 2001] Reference

"Nonsense! there is nothing of the 'tomboy' about that kind of whistling," said one of the members.    From Wordnik.com.  [Miss Dexie A Romance of the Provinces] Reference

With skeleton fingers to its mouth it produced a kind of whistling, very high and shrill, hurting my ears.    From Wordnik.com.  [Year of the Unicorn]

It was a thick voice, with something in it — a kind of whistling overtone — that struck me as peculiar; but the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Island of Doctor Moreau] Reference

The only sound Johnny could hear was that high-pitched kind of whistling noise that he had heard on tape the night before.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ten Minutes, That's It] Reference

And he accompanied the last words with a kind of whistling of the lips.    From Wordnik.com.  [Madame Bovary] Reference

Their calling is known to hunters as "whistling"; but this is a most inappropriate name for it.    From Wordnik.com.  [IX. Still-Hunting Elk on the Mountains] Reference

It's called whistling in the dark.    From Wordnik.com.  ["The Republican Party has been using a grab-bag of strategies to counter Obama's policies over the past month."] Reference

Is that called whistling in the wind?.    From Wordnik.com.  [March « 2008 « BuzzMachine] Reference

The whistling was the wind, thin and chilling.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]

"whistling" puppy is the tiniest cutest thing in the whole wide world.    From Wordnik.com.  [beyond the pale] Reference

A straight 'whistling' noise, it's a 'whistling' noise with a 'flutter' or a 'sputter' to it.    From Wordnik.com.  [NASIOC] Reference

Women were crying, men were shouting and whistling.    From Wordnik.com.  [To Govern a Conservative Country] Reference

  I was severely bawled out for whistling in his presence.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cigarette Diaries] Reference

"We're whistling past the graveyard," said a top GOP insider.    From Wordnik.com.  [Let The Party Begin] Reference

Lucky for us, Mitchard and Sapphire have just gone whistling through.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beginner's Pluck] Reference

"It's not as hard as I thought," he says, whistling past the boneyard.    From Wordnik.com.  [He's Just Old Enough To Drive The Lane] Reference

Tumbling from the nightclub: the samba amateurs, some still whistling and writhing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ben Evans: The Poetry of Michael Tyrell] Reference

I appreciate my co-workers lining the halls, cheering and whistling as I dutifully return.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sound Of Two Hands Clapping] Reference

But given the momentum of events, this is all starting to sound like whistling past the graveyard.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guns of November] Reference