breezing

verb

present participle of breeze
1
as in flowing
to move or proceed smoothly and readily we breezed through the line for customs at the airport

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2
as in speeding
to proceed or move quickly the doctor breezed past the people in the waiting room, apparently on his way to an emergency

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Recent Examples of breezing Amsterdam is crowded, and cars, trams, bikers, and pedestrians seem to float by from all directions in silence … lost in the white noise of breezing through this dreamy city on two wheels. — Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 25 Aug. 2026 Even when Corsini occasionally trusts his audience a little too much, breezing past visual clues that are easy to miss while lingering too long on a second-act monologue about the purpose of art, that confidence is largely earned. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 24 July 2026 Detmers was breezing at that point, retiring all nine Royals hitters in the first three innings, on just 41 pitches. — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 27 Apr. 2026 Texas Instruments helped limit Wall Street’s losses after breezing past analysts’ expectations for profit in the latest quarter. — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026 But Texas Instruments helped offset those losses after breezing past analysts’ expectations for profit in the latest quarter. — Stan Choe, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026 Even more than the other chill night-shift doctors, Crus is cool as a cucumber, breezing through patient interactions with a reassuring smile. — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2026 The memory foam insole is a dream for long travel days, and the slip-on design makes breezing through TSA feel almost luxurious. — Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 21 Apr. 2026 After breezing through the first two innings, Webb gave up three runs in the third and fourth and needed 56 pitches to get through them. — Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for breezing
  1. flowing
  2. speeding
  3. cruising
  4. hurrying
  5. drifting
  6. zipping
  7. trotting
  8. rushing
Verb
  • One of the judges, Stephen Higginson, questioned whether the FDA's role is a reason pills are flowing into Louisiana.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Take a few minutes to loosen up and get the blood flowing before starting your first interval.
    — Jakob Roze, HEALTH, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of flowing
Verb
  • AIs are already being used to answer decades-long unsolved complex mathematical problems, and have assisted scientists in speeding up scientific discovery and even designing new viruses.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • After he was evaluated at the hospital and cleared, police arrested him for charges of vehicular homicide, reckless driving and speeding 40 miles per hour or more over the limit.
    — Olivia Young, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of speeding
Verb
  • Miami took control of the game from its first offensive drive and never looked back, subbing in the backups by the end of the third quarter and cruising to its first win of the season.
    — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 5 Sep. 2026
  • However, Scholes noted parts of the industry, such as river cruising, aren’t feeling those same impacts.
    — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of cruising
Verb
  • Corle continued flagging and minutes later McCoy was back on the trail, hurrying to catch up.
    — Jan Thacker, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2026
  • That’s how Drake Maye ended his latest two-minute drill at Patriots training camp Monday, a meandering march that began around midfield and ended with Maye hurrying the offense to the 3-yard line with 10 seconds on the clock.
    — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 10 Aug. 2026
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  • The passage of play (below) lasted about 40 seconds from the moment Arsenal’s No 7 started drifting across the pitch, repeatedly calling for the ball to be played left.
    — Art de Roché, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • But sometimes, inaccurate coordinates or a drifting boat make the search trickier.
    — Evgenia Anastasakos, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of drifting
Verb
  • Neutrinos, which are produced in the sun as well as other astrophysical sources and are constantly zipping through the Earth, are notoriously difficult to measure.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Facing second-and-4 in the second quarter, Browning took a shotgun snap, and Anudike-Uzomah was there in an instant, zipping by Tampa Bay third-string tackle Marshall Fournier for a free shot on Browning.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 23 Aug. 2026
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  • Only the boy’s early obsession with the keyboard—initially discouraged by his parents—pointed to his destiny as a globe-trotting concert pianist, a composer in the major classical genres, and a fluent essayist and autobiographer to boot.
    — Matthew Gurewitsch, Air Mail, 29 Aug. 2026
  • With his dog trotting closely behind him, Harlow greeted fans as many waited in line for New Balance backpacks and swag.
    — Ruby Grisin, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of trotting
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  • Kuper even guessed Mannion could game plan and call a game just for rushing.
    — Zach Berman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Compared to his first year in Indianapolis when the Colts were 20th in the NFL in rushing, the team saw a jump to seventh in the league in his second year when Adams began taking on more of an influence in the run game.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2026
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“Breezing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breezing. Accessed 12 Sep. 2026.

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