whiz
verb (used without object)
to make a humming, buzzing, or hissing sound, as an object passing swiftly through the air.
had been whizzing
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past perfect progressiveof whiz.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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But the world had been whizzing ceaselessly from one miracle into another.
From Clayhanger by Arnold Bennett
Mind you, had been whizzing through space all that time, like a comet.
From Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven by Mark Twain
For a month, shells from the American guns had been whizzing over Upper Town, with such small damage that citizens had continued to go about as usual.
From Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
