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The air rushed from the man's lungs with a muffled "whoof," as the sorcerer knocked off his helmet, grabbed a fistful of dark brown haif, pulled the man's head back and flashed the dagger against his throat.

The Day of the Tempest Rabe, Jean 1997

He stood up on his hind feet and threw up his hands, and then came down again and struck his paws on the ground, and then rose up and snorted "whoof," and blew out red dust from his nostrils, and then came down and jumped about, and sometimes sprang toward the boy, as though he were going to seize him.

The Medicine Grizzly Bear 1901

Again that distant woolly "whoof," the long-drawn whine, deepening to a scream, the appalling roar and crash, and a second shell fell in the road behind them.

The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land Ralph Connor 1898

This latter is a sharp "whoof" almost a thunderclap, and the goonga's fierce compaction sends me sprawling.

Science Fiction in the News 2008

As I sat there at my desk, I heard a faint "whoof" against the window.

Waldo's Virginia Political Blogroll 2008

"whoof" but he did not drop the ham, and the party had to return to Fort

Wild Animals at Home Ernest Thompson Seton 1903

And deep down below the ground the Gremlins heard the distant whoof and roar of huge explosions; they felt the earth tremble. . .

Storyteller Donald Sturrock 2010

You could still hear the Argo motor when I hear a whining sound and a whoof.

Close One! 2007

During the Palin debates even my dog was offended by some of the crap and gave a whoof whoof in protest.

Topsy Turvy Week Shows Need For Fixing a Broken System 2008

I felt like his death was a boxer circling invisibly around me, and just when I thought he had gone away, whoof!

The Truncated Library 2006