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

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

The forehand whizzed back and forth, the serve cranked up, the movement looked better - and somehow, he came out on top.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2024

Enormous buildings stretched to the sky in the distance while raucous traffic whizzed through Greenwich Village streets.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson