whisked

Example Sentences

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Amy Nicholson: Josh, I’m glad you whisked this conversation through the velvet ropes and straight to that question of: Have American movies gotten worse since Cannes premiered “Kung Fu Panda” in 2008?

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

On Thursday, a plane carrying a sick passenger landed in Amsterdam, a day after three evacuees were whisked away from the ship, the vessel's operator, Netherlands-based Oceanwide Expeditions said in a statement.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

Sean Curran cut the storybook image of a Secret Service agent when he whisked Trump away from an attempt on his life in Butler, Pa., in July 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

Former Conservative Home Secretary Amber Rudd told Newscast: "You are phoned at 3am and you are whisked in to chair these meetings where the real heroes have to work out what to do."

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

She dropped the shrapnel into the kidney bowl as Sister Drummond whisked the screen aside.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan