whippy

Example Sentences

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With a high yet unusual and whippy bat swing, his hands move away from his body as the bowler releases.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

Those numbers came in Taillon’s time as a pitcher with a long, whippy arm motion.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2021

For instance, some bacteria have flagella, or long, whippy tails rotated by motors.

From Scientific American • Apr. 20, 2020

Much of the footage is decelerated, with McEnroe’s whippy serve becoming a languid, slow-motion dream of power withheld and loosed.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 24, 2018

Miss Myrt stretched a beech switch up there, about four foot long, very supple and whippy.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck