whisk
verb (used with object)
to move with a rapid, sweeping stroke.
whisked
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past participleof whisk.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof whisk.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
whiskverb (used with object)to move with a rapid, sweeping stroke.
Example Sentences
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“A bad reputation is better than no reputation,” said Pepper Rutland, the Tigers booster who provided the jet that whisked Kiffin to Baton Rouge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
The short-term was more pressing because Finucane had somewhere to be as she was whisked off to prepare for the closing ceremony.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
For instance, Eatrenalin at Germany’s Europa-Park, a dining room-meets-ride where participants are whisked around the space on trackless “floating chairs,” has just received a coveted Michelin star.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
A spoonful whisked into a skirt steak stew can make it taste as though it simmered well past dinnertime.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
“We’re looking—” the small blond woman began, but then she saw past Isidore; her face dissolved in rapture and she whisked past him, calling, “Pris! How are you?”
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
