whippy

Example Sentences

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With a high yet unusual and whippy bat swing, his hands move away from his body as the bowler releases.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

For instance, some bacteria have flagella, or long, whippy tails rotated by motors.

From Scientific American • Apr. 20, 2020

June 29, 1977 The Dead End kids are running the show at Wimbledon — unpredictable, spontaneous, whippy, brazen.

From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2018

Much of the footage is decelerated, with McEnroe’s whippy serve becoming a languid, slow-motion dream of power withheld and loosed.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 24, 2018

A long whippy larch branch sprang forward suddenly.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques