Whizzed
[hwizd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Whiz
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Examples
- The London train whizzed by, drew back some yards, and in Mr. Bell was hurried by the impatient guard. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I felt the wind of his bullet as it whizzed past my ear, and at the same instant I saw him crumple to the ground. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- A clog whizzed through the air. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The bell rung, the steamer whizzed, the engine groaned and coughed, and away swept the boat down the river. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- They whizzed out on to the terrace like a couple of skyrockets, wild to see the Indians exhibit their tricks. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The shaft whizzed away with force enough to delight him, and, lo, there was the first bow-and-arrow! Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- While she remained thus, overcome by her forebodings, the old clock indoors whizzed forth twelve strokes. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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