whizzed

Example Sentences

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We made it to the top, whizzed down the other side, passed the test—and passed it again and again, all the way across the country, through the agonizingly steep hills of western Maine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 8, 2025

That same year, feeling restless, he whizzed off to Washington to work for Mr. Kissinger in the State Department.

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2024

One early viral video showed him falling off a picnic chair in excitement as a train whizzed past.

From BBC • May 23, 2024

Shards of ice whizzed past me on a deviously slick platform underneath frozen waterfalls that resembled lofty ice sculptures.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2024

“We have to get in touch with my mom,” I said as the radio whizzed through varieties of static.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer