whiz
verb (used without object)
to make a humming, buzzing, or hissing sound, as an object passing swiftly through the air.
is whizzing
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present progressiveof whiz (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Not far from the Royal Hotel, we met Gaynor, who is whizzing around on her mobility scooter, wearing large black sunglasses.
From BBC ● May 22, 2025
The Mercedes is whizzing around, while there are a few splodges of rain on track.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 16, 2018
His sense of anticipation falters, or appears to—he finds himself flat-footed, a yard or two from the ball that is whizzing by him for a winner.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 4, 2018
Zizmo roars again, and now the engine is whining, the ice is whizzing by underneath the car.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
A little before the summer solstice the earth is whizzing away from the sun; a few weeks later it is whizzing with equal rapidity in almost the opposite direction.
From The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 by John Mason Tyler
