- present tense form of whiz (3rd person singular).
whizzes
Example Sentences
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A full 20 years after the screen debut of the satire, the topspin of its best lines still whizzes with the same precision and blistering flight path of its 2006 self.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
Across two hours, Buckley’s Bride shoots, kicks, contorts, dances, scrapes, whizzes, licks and screams, all the while coming no closer to her true self than she was at the start of the film.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026
Once in Kerala, the film whizzes through a checklist of things a layperson might associate with the tourist-favourite state - its famous backwaters, the ubiquitous coconut trees, toddy, elephants, and Onam, its most popular festival.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2025
The actual act of mining involves computer whizzes trying to solve a numerical puzzle; the first miner to solve it gets the newly created Bitcoin.
From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2025
The streets of New Orleans are quiet and lined with rows of neat houses, manicured lawns, and flowered gardens; it all whizzes past as the night shifts to dawn.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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