whizzed
Example Sentences
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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
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 couple's ceremony was held next to the race's mascot - Bill The Skeleton - and fellow competitors wished them luck as they whizzed by.
From BBC • Jan. 15, 2024
Although Samson was galloping, more than a few of the boys had kept up because the path’s twisting slowed the horse’s pace, and now rocks whizzed past Jack’s and May’s heads every few seconds.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
