whisk
verb (used with object)
to move with a rapid, sweeping stroke.
have whisked
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present perfectof whisk.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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But voters have watched the helicopters and long convoys that have whisked top candidates around the country for months.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 3, 2022
Journals have whisked manuscripts through to formal publication in record time, aided by researchers who have rapidly peer-reviewed the studies.
From Nature ● Jun. 2, 2020
Exercise Focus Retina* was the latest in a series of airlift demonstrations that have whisked troops from home bases in the U.S. to hypothetical hotspots in Iran, Turkey, Greece, Norway and West Germany.
From Time Magazine Archive
We had no lantern, and the norther with one blast would have whisked out a torch of pitch-pine.
From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Mayne Reid
When you opened the door the dog must have whisked out into the passage.
From Knock, Knock, Knock and Other Stories by Constance Garnett
