whizzed
Example Sentences
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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
On a sunny morning in September, a dead doe lay on the side of a small road just off 395, as cars whizzed by on the artery that connects communities along the Eastern Sierra.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 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
There, people whizzed by while holding the horn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2024
Immediately Mr. Curtain whizzed over to sit behind him, fitted his head inside the red helmet, and barked, “Ledroptha Curtain!”
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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