whizzed
Example Sentences
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Toddlers whizzed by on scooters as parents chatted about the struggles of parenting during a rare L.A. storm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2026
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
There, people whizzed by while holding the horn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2024
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
Out flew a red-golden dragon — not life-size, but terribly life-like: fire came from his jaws, his eyes glared down; there was a roar, and he whizzed three times over the heads of the crowd.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
