Example Sentences

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For the past few weeks, solar flares have been violently erupting from the sun, and a few of them have whizzed past Earth.

From Salon • Apr. 27, 2022

I followed up on comments that might have whizzed by me before and lingered in conversational spaces that I would have once hurried past or detoured to avoid.

From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2022

But if I had watched in my typical way—2/3 TV, 1/3 Twitter—it’s likely that some of those moments might have whizzed past me anyway, because, you know, I was reading Twitter, which amplifies the crazy.

From Slate • Nov. 8, 2013

Through France's political revolving door, seven potential Premiers have whizzed in, whizzed out in the past six weeks.

From Time Magazine Archive

The bullets must have whizzed too close for comfort and they faded instantly into the forest like three black shadows.

From Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China by Andrews, Roy Chapman