Example Sentences

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On Thursday, a plane carrying a sick passenger landed in Amsterdam, a day after three evacuees were whisked away from the ship, the vessel's operator, Netherlands-based Oceanwide Expeditions said in a statement.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

Sean Curran cut the storybook image of a Secret Service agent when he whisked Trump away from an attempt on his life in Butler, Pa., in July 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

Instead of Paris, we’re now whisked to cameo-studded shindigs in the Hamptons and Milan, including a dinner party underneath Da Vinci’s mural of “The Last Supper.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

Former Conservative Home Secretary Amber Rudd told Newscast: "You are phoned at 3am and you are whisked in to chair these meetings where the real heroes have to work out what to do."

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Deliveries were made five times daily, thanks to a fleet-footed army of postal workers who whisked the mail from here to there before one could say jackrabbit.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood