whizzed
Example Sentences
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On a sunny morning in September, a dead doe lay on the side of a small road just off 395, as cars whizzed by on the artery that connects communities along the Eastern Sierra.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025
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
Along I-20, a superhighway that divides Atlanta into north and south, cars whizzed past at frightening speeds.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
