How to Use whiz in a Sentence

whiz

1 of 2 verb
  • The ball whizzed through the air.
  • Cars whizzed by on the highway.
  • She whizzed through the exam.
  • He whizzed past us on skates.
  • Then a 70 mph pitch whizzed by her in a blink.
    — Lindsay Schnell, New York Times, 15 May 2026
  • The machines whizzed and whirred.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Someone got a haircut as cars whizzed past.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Spike Lee whizzed through the crowd with a smile on his face and a spring in his step.
    — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The woman glared at the steam whizzing out of my car, her eyes cutting through it to find mine.
    — Literary Hub, 27 Mar. 2026
  • It is provided by city monorails whizzing above their heads.
    — Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2026
  • By then, Byrne was gone, a tuft of white hair whizzing toward the horizon.
    — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Inside the deli, workers leapt for cover as bullets whizzed through the store.
    — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 16 May 2026
  • Inside the deli, workers leapt for cover as bullets whizzed through the store.
    — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 14 May 2026
  • Somehow Tiffany whizzes through, knows how to spell, and secures herself the win.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 14 May 2026
  • After a couple of wide ones, Root whizzed another strike past the great man.
    — Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
  • The terrain is mostly flat, and there are plenty of electric buggies for whizzing around.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Amid upbeat music, families milled with their dogs and kids whizzed by on scooters.
    — Erin Glynn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Passenger vehicles are whizzing by, some even cutting off the truck.
    — David Julian, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • Other teen racers whizzed past on their off-road motorcycles, no halt to the race, no safety flaggers in sight.
    — Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 4 Dec. 2025
  • For Benson, the play is a multi-set match, its arguments whizzing back and forth over a net of questionable ethics.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2025
  • Surveillance footage showed the car whizzing by cameras in a flash before hitting the wall in what sounded like an explosion.
    — Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 28 May 2026
  • The rocking Disk’O skateboard halfpipe-style ride spun like a Frisbee whizzing through the air.
    — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 5 Dec. 2025
  • This powerful little blender has a 1200-watt motor that whizzes through tough kale stems, hearty nuts, and cubes of ice with ease.
    — Adam Campbell-Schmitt, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Instead, employees described taking cover under their desks as bullets whizzed over their heads.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Outside the trendy thrift shops and cafes, elderly women in headscarves sweep sidewalks with rustic brooms while teens whiz by on electric scooters.
    — Lori Rackl, Boston Herald, 31 May 2026
  • Voyager 2, meanwhile, is whizzing at about 34,000 mph while 13 billion miles away.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Some children reported having guns pointed at them, while others described rubber bullets whizzing over their heads.
    — Michael Kaplan, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • At one point, the magazine publisher even whizzed by Bailey to buy a bottle of water and a banana from the convenience store.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Sirens blared as the motorcade whizzed down Pennsylvania Avenue.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Your own personal golf buggy to whiz around the resort and a dedicated butler to ensure every whim is met—from pillow menus to sunset canapés.
    — Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025

whiz

2 of 2 noun
  • This math whiz is now going to the prom and is dressed for it.
    — Washington Post, 26 May 2021
  • Lance Guest stars as a recent high school grad who’s a videogame whiz.
    — Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 July 2022
  • Carl released his arrow and watched it whiz like a missile.
    — Devon O’Neil, Outside, 15 Oct. 2025
  • This is the right era to be a whiz in math and a connoisseur of baseball.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
  • Sometimes what the cartel needs most is a guy who’s a whiz with a spreadsheet.
    — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
  • My addled brain is a whiz at gathering new recipes to try and instruments to learn.
    — Jordan McMahon, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Musk is an entrepreneurial whiz, about whom there is much to admire.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Sharansky, when a youth, was a chess whiz, in addition to a math-and-science whiz.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 12 June 2023
  • With so much talent staying in the building, the defensive whiz can make his side of the ball more complex from the first snap.
    — Matthew Soderberg, Dallas News, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Our stats whiz Matt Brown provided me with similar data for a few more.
    — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • While Logan proved to be a spelling whiz on Wednesday, math is his favorite subject.
    — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
  • And for a chemistry whiz like Davis, making the mixture, in the exact proportions, is a cinch.
    — Jim Masters, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2023
  • Besides flying, Boney was a computer whiz who surfed, cycled, snow skied and water-skied.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2021
  • Kyrou continued to be a whiz with the puck in all three zones, creating a ton of chances in-zone and being a major threat off the rush.
    — Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 23 June 2026
  • Walton — a 17-year-old varsity golfer with a flop of curly brown hair — is such a math whiz that the high school ran out of classes for him.
    — Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Spectators can watch cars whiz by from a dedicated observation area, the pool, hot tub, or sun deck.
    — Meena Thiruvengadam, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Jan. 2023
  • Apparently, Jamie's son is tall, well-educated, and a whiz at chess.
    — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Since then, the 22-year-old is on the path to becoming a defensive whiz during his first full major league season.
    — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 9 Aug. 2022
  • It could even be argued that the techno-whiz Q (Ben Whishaw), and not Bond, is the real hero here.
    — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2021
  • His family said the 10th grader was a math whiz who loved playing basketball and swimming in his backyard pool.
    — Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Thanks to all the virtual schooling last year and always holding devices, your child may be a whiz at making everyone look good on camera.
    — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 15 Nov. 2022
  • This Milwaukee Brewers outfield prospect is a defensive whiz who has his eyes set on reaching the big leagues.
    — Steven Martinez, jsonline.com, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Dilbert was an unassuming, mild-mannered engineer who was a whiz with computers but lacking in social skills.
    — Chris Koseluk, HollywoodReporter, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Having learned about Ingram via YouTube videos and social media, the young fans come to see the guitar whiz in person.
    — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Chris Sempeles gets his cheese whiz from back east and his hoagie rolls from a local bakery owned by a Pennsylvania native.
    — Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Enter Kanzi, a bonobo who was raised in a lab and became a whiz at communicating with humans using graphic symbols.
    — Adithi Ramakrishnan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Kentucky has another reality show winner to brag about, and this time the superstar isn't a singer, songwriter or whiz in the kitchen.
    — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Would Orioles defensive whiz Brooks Robinson have been a great goalkeeper?
    — Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
  • Elliot was a hip-hop biz whiz who later added Like Mike and Just Wright (which also starred more big names in rap) to his credits.
    — Brooklyn White, Essence, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Caroline Ellison, math whiz and Newton native, was bound for success.
    — Matthew Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Mar. 2023

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