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
• John had to veer into the next lane just as traffic was whizzing past.
  — Colin Campbell, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023
• Video of the ride showed the crack in the beam as cars packed with with riders whizzed by.
  — CBS News, 3 July 2023
• And when you’re done whizzing down the slopes, come meet me at the hut for a nice après-ski toast!
  — Bianca Kratky, Travel + Leisure, 19 Nov. 2023
• 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
• And above all, the joys of simply having somewhere to whiz off to?
  — Madeline Fass, Vogue, 24 May 2021
• 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
• Any leftovers can be whizzed up in your blender for an instant gazpacho!
  — Stacey Ballis, Southern Living, 5 June 2024
• Inside the deli, workers leapt for cover as bullets whizzed through the store.
  — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 14 May 2026
• Inside the deli, workers leapt for cover as bullets whizzed through the store.
  — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 16 May 2026
• Somehow Tiffany whizzes through, knows how to spell, and secures herself the win.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 14 May 2026
• Clafoutis batter can be quickly whizzed together in a blender.
  — Pam Lolley, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2023
• The wheel then bounced into the back of the vehicle and rolled into the next lane as cars and trucks whizzed by.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 27 Mar. 2023
• The mother and child were trapped in their home for days with artillery fire whizzing overhead, the doctor said.
  — Lynsey Chutel, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2023
• After a couple of wide ones, Root whizzed another strike past the great man.
  — Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
• The show, about an hour long, whizzed by in a trance of mostly midtempo rockers without gimmicks.
  — Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2024
• 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
• Sounds of daily life played in the soundtrack — the sound of whizzing cars, bird song, trains, footsteps and the weather.
  — Thomas Adamson, ajc, 7 Mar. 2023
• Passenger vehicles are whizzing by, some even cutting off the truck.
  — David Julian, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
• In that area, bicyclists zooming by were close enough to touch, and delivery trucks were whizzing past a few feet away.
  — Daniel Kool, BostonGlobe.com, 30 May 2023
• Jeff Smith was whizzing along on a snowmobile one evening a few years back when something dark appeared in front of him.
  — CBS News, 6 Mar. 2024

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