whizzed
Example Sentences
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Someone got a haircut as cars whizzed past.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026
But he had not accounted for those Sunderland-supporting runners who were not so thrilled to see him as they whizzed past.
From BBC • Dec. 14, 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
When the door whizzed open, Otto got scared and climbed to the top of my head, gripping me by covering my eyes.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
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