whizzed

Example Sentences

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Kids on wheelie bikes whizzed by the throngs of news cameras on Monday - hoping to show off their skills on the evening news or in some influencer's video.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 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

The field stretched along a highway that ran from Burundi to Congo, and cars whizzed by us as we lay in the dirt.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana