How To Use Whiz In A Sentence

They now leave the door open so that Carol Ann can go in there on her own and have a whiz.
Place all the ingredients in a blender and whizz into a salsa. Times, Sunday Times
Those with a hearty appetite for the whiz of bullets, the bang of artillery, dying declarations, famous last words, and eyewitness accounts of the face of battle will not be disappointed.
I whizz round the lot in an hour and walk into the centre of town hoping for something more exciting. Times, Sunday Times
Hi-tech babble from tech whiz-kids will not make an entrepreneur part with a single euro if the entrepreneur is not convinced of the financial return.

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This hilch named Weightbearing told me you’re supposed to be a whiz with some guts you designed for yourself that generate high-rev gravity pockets—higher even than Triss coils manage. September « 2009 « Fantasy Author's Handbook
What sort of music would you listen to if you did have a whizzy waterproof iPod and didn't have to concentrate and count? Rebecca Adlington | Small Talk
He pauses, shakes his head, then boisterously proclaims, ‘Aw, gee whiz, I guess that means the hot dogs are on me, gang!’
Suddenly the silence was interrupted by the sound of arrows whizzing and striking soft objects.
If you miss fish or meat, take out a veggieburger and whiz on it. Undefined
The thrill, if any, comes from finding a video game - gee whiz!
There have been a few teething problems, sorted out by a computer whiz-kid friend of my husband and - embarrassingly - my eight-year-old daughter.
I somehow doubt whether things would have come so far, so fast if Sir Tim or CERN had tried to make money from this whizzo Web idea. The Free Web: 15 Years Old Today
But as soon as the rifle had flashed there was the _fad, fad, fad_ of hurried steps, something whizzed in at the window, and with Trapped by Malays A Tale of Bayonet and Kris
After his cult hit Withnail & I, writer-director Bruce Robinson teamed up again with Richard E Grant for this misconceived satire about an advertising whizz-kid who develops an alter-ego in the form of a talking boil on his shoulder. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
On the other hand, age is no impediment to a high-flying career in the City or in IT: many of the current crop of dot.com whizz-kids are under 30.
What happens if the car still has plenty of life in it, which today's high quality almost guarantees, but the electronic technology quickly obsoletes today's whizbang gadgets?
This slim fast-talking man is a whiz with an auction hammer.
Long-tails, which are wooden constructions powered by huge outboards, whiz you out to one of the large dayboats that take you on to your dive site.
A bullet whizzed past my ear.
About 6 months ago they did a story on the introduction of a whizzo piece of software being rolled out across all ABC metro newsrooms. Cheeseburger Gothic » MacSpeech Dictate, a potted review.
I WAS intrigued by a financial whizz-kid on the radio yesterday describing the global credit crisis as "a black swan event. Express & StarExpress & Star
Velocity by Stanton Welch is, as its title suggests, a whiz-bang of ensemble dancing, with meaty group sections for the men that fill the stage with a sizzling kinetic power.
Aside from being a whiz at cutting and styling hair, he also understands our hair needs.
She presented herself as a "hockey mom", a wholesome presence full of gosh darns, and gee whizzes, and dropped endings that fairly screamed "I am one of you! Daisy Morant: Not Buying Sarah Palin
Time "whizzed" by and there they were again at three o'clock and climbing. Friedrichshafen - March 18, 1944
Place the pepper flesh with the nuts, basil, garlic and cheese in a food processor and whizz.
People have lost the ability to pay attention, and all films that aren't whiz-bang, Bruckheimer action fests are criticized as too slow.
She saw the "trolleys" fly past her in quick succession, and it seemed to her they whizzed jeeringly at her as they sped. The Governess
He whizzes through the kind of past American legends are made of, everything carefully documented and produced at the proper stage of the recitation.
The whizzy dialogue means the tale rattles on at pace.
However, I have been known to whiz back and forth by hydrofoil across the Adriatic Sea four times in four consecutive days.
I'm not a marketing whiz, but now that the Alliance brand has been defeated and moribund for 3 years, it's over as a political brand.
While the mixture churns, whiz the strawberries to a purée in a food processor.
Put strained liquid, sour cream, half coriander and grated Edam into a food processor or blender and whizz until smooth.
Anyway, this week is the opening round, and contains questions on whizzy topics such as international numberplate codification. Times, Sunday Times
I should, to be sure, turn away my head if I should hear you tick, and mark the quarters of hours; but the buzz and whiz of a good large life-endangerer would be music to mine ears. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli
Whizz-bangs," was the corporal's laconical remark. Attack An Infantry Subaltern's Impression of July 1st, 1916
The former Countdown maths whizz also had stitches in her forehead and eyelid. The Sun
Yet once they start dancing, the effect is pure gold: the thumpy rhythms of their feet on the wooden floor of a park pavilion, the couple's shared power and mutual athleticism, their whizzing quickstep that feels like the Earth's been knocked off its axis and the effortless, ecstatic, romantic joy of it all. Ginger Rogers at 100: Even with Astaire, always taking the lead
Some shred the beetroot, some julienne it, and some cube it, while modernists whiz it in a food processor.
Her proto-hippie collection was safe, sellable and sort of pretty (if you enjoy dressing from the Urban Outfitters clearance rack) but far from the dazzle that was the work of Mondo, the elfin whiz who has wowed us week after week. Watercooler: Project Wrong Way Runway
It's really shortened the shelf life," says Mr. Dalzell, who is considered to be a real "big noise," or a very important person, among word whizzes like Jesse Sheidlower, editor-at-large at the Oxford English Dictionary. As Slang Changes More Rapidly, Expert Has to Watch His Language
They then wrote software to design circuits on spherical surfaces without distorting the physics of electrons that whiz through wires thinner than a human hair.
Minced lamb or beef is whizzed in the food processor with the spices, fresh herbs and onion, then threaded on to thick, flat metal skewers or shaped into meatballs and cooked on a grill or in a hot pan.
As the coach whizzed by, its back wheel clipped the edge of the curricle, tipping it nearly on its side.
Once you've cracked the control and played through the levels once or twice, you can whizz through the game very quickly.
So I bombed out of the office, jumped into a cab and whizzed home, to find two burly men in overalls on the doorstep.
In this respect, Mr. Cameron trotted out the usual bog-standard measures: export promotion; infrastructure upgrades; investment in education and science; whizzy new government initiatives to increase the supply of venture capital. Ask Germany where growth comes from
Modern cameras and special effects have encouraged action movies to show things from whizzingly mobile viewpoints. Times, Sunday Times
They all went whizzing by us as we tootled along at forty miles per hour.
Ain't this been a gee-whizzer of a storm?" queried the oil man, holding the two Aleuts at arm's length. On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake
I shall wave to Coventry tonight as we whizz past on the M6.
Discovery Bay Games Atari's iPad joystick accessory The company hopes to capitalize on surging sales of casual games—software that lacks the whizzy visual effects of high-end action titles but can be played easily in increments as short as a few minutes. Atari Takes a Trip Back to the Future
To make the hoummos, combine the chickpeas, lemon juice, garlic, cumin, salt, tahina and water in a food processor and whiz them to a creamy purée, adding more water if needed.
As the word left his lips, "whizz," Jimmy's minnow landed in the middle of the circles widening about the rise of the Bass. At the Foot of the Rainbow
And after that we will whizz round Europe for a bit. Times, Sunday Times
Remove the muslin bag then whiz the vegetables and liquid in a food processor or blender until smooth.
I can add whizzes, bangs and sparkles really easily.
It's true that he does jolly good work when the Huns 'strafe' his wire and he has to go out and mend it, but he doesn't go forward in an attack; he sits in his dug-out and telephones like blazes for reinforcements while the Germans pepper his roof for him with 'whizz-bangs.' Mud and Khaki Sketches from Flanders and France
Derek Jefferson had certainly whizzed them round the factory, and was already in the final assembly area.
A police car whizzed by, on its way to the accident.
You could make it whizzier, but it is about using technology without throwing it in anyone's face. Times, Sunday Times
There were some wheatears in there too, and several other blurry dashes of color whizzing around in the big excitement they were taking part in, guess this must be it: the beginning of spring.
Bullets started whizzing past him, pinging off the cast-iron crenellations. THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS
Whizz the avocado, yoghurt, milk, lemon juice and vinegar in a blender until smooth.
The control tower is so noisy with aeroplanes whizzing past.
Use a hand blender to whizz until smooth. Times, Sunday Times
Jobson's self-quilled script opens and closes with an oh-so-serious soliloquy, read against a montage of the solar system, along with a CGI whizz-bang ride across the planets.
So send the children out for another whizz around the shops and indulge yourself for a while.
Add the vanilla and egg yolk and whizz. Times, Sunday Times
There was an instrument that played the wind, made of ice-cream scoops, which whizzed around when the wind blew it or they hit it with a cricket bat.
Whiz them to a powder using a spice or coffee grinder, or pound them in a pestle and mortar.
One way to understand this is to imagine the electrons to be whizzing round the nuclei in an ‘orbital’ that is similar to rather like the orbits of the planets revolving around the Sun.
I whizzed through Year 2 without getting caught.
And suddenly she felt a cold rush of air as the redhead actually whizzed right by her, his elbow pad actually grazing her arm as he did so.
However, this is only my revenge for much exasperation and deploration that they would never come away from their pestiferous walls, -- where, after all, they had a right to stay, and will not be blamed by the candid and unbebullet-whizzed reader that they did stay. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860
In a food processor, whizz the cream cheese and pepper till smooth, adding a spoonful of cream if needed to soften.
I bounded at top speed down the hallway, whizzing past a few folks who were walking the other way.
Two cars whizzed by, then the woodcutter's truck passed, laden with dried branches for cooking fires.
Shaggy's master received a glossy brochure to a whiz-bang two-day seminar in Melbourne.
Put simply, Viet Nam does not produce CDOs, MBSs or any other kind of whizz kid acronym. Undefined
But I thought, gee whiz, I want to do things differently.
The miniseries is a wonderful treat for fans - filled with lots of gee-whiz special effects, battles, drama, emotion, joy, and tears.
This made the terrain whiz by so fast that it caused the images to blur. Eckley, Wayne A.
It grew bigger with incredible speed, she was whizzing towards it.
The shop was humming with activity as waitresses whizzed to and fro, taking orders or delivering desserts to the customers.
But then, the history and culinary whizzes among you (who are probably shaking your heads sadly by now) probably already knew that.
Dell argues that while the company hasn't created whiz-bang inventions, it has produced cheap computers for buyers and huge returns for shareholders.
The express train whizzed past the station.
Vroom, vroom Motorsport fans in India are roused to a frenzy every time F1 speed demons whiz around on TV screens.
He also had a bone kit with everything from scaplulas, ribs, pelvi to ulnas in a variety of sizes with a whizzo bone grow here surface ready to be bolted into place. Cheeseburger Gothic » Under the knife.
I'd already spent an hour at a bus stop in the ‘burbs, staring at the cars whizzing past, going about their business.
I'm sure there's a word in German -- they are a whizzer with those kicky compound nouns -- but none in English for that precise combination. When raging Jews blog stupidly.
Aside from being a whiz at cutting and styling hair, he also understands our hair needs.
Remove the muslin bag then whiz the vegetables and liquid in a food processor or blender until smooth.
Some think it's fun to whizz over the speed hump and see how fast they can take off.
You whizz everything together in a food processor, spread the mixture over a large baking tray, then freeze it for an hour.
But merits of the particular airplane aside, maintaining robust air superiority is generally some of the best dollars spent on the US military. the chocolate whizbang Says: Matthew Yglesias » James Fallows vs The F-22
They must pay for these classes and take whiz quizzes to make sure they remain on the path of righteousness and not recidivate back into the dangerous world of marijuana abuse. The War on Sense
Think of it as a piece of luggage that can whizz you to the local boulangerie of a morning. Times, Sunday Times
Some people can hop off the red-eye at 6am and whizz straight to their desks.
Agnes, our char who comes in once a week and transforms our household chaos into sparkling order, is also a whiz at the sewing machine.
These are people with brainpans so full of Cheez Whiz, that they couldn't figure this out on their own., taking up valuable parking spots and threatening to procreate thereby diluting the gene pool even further.
Missiles and bullets whizzed past his car, only narrowly avoiding the tail.
Whizzing along on the train, there was a sense of achievement recalling how we had cycled all that way only 48 hours earlier.
He fired and there was a huge bang, followed by a whiz.
I can add whizzes, bangs and sparkles really easily.
Japanese camera makers continually introduce whizzy new electronic models.
Drain the oranges, cut into quarters, discard any major pips, and whiz the rest, including peel, in the food-processor, then cool.
This slim fast-talking man is a whiz with an auction hammer.
Modern life whizzes by at a frantic pace and we mere mortals find ourselves in a constant whirl trying to find ways of catching up.
Our band is like The Clash down Sesame Street with a bag of pink whizz, don't you think?
I couldn't get out of my mind that whizz-kid Sixtus V. The Vatican Rip
The noise levels rose by more than a few decibels, while the games whizzed by at such speed that they made Concorde look slow.
This is ideal for anyone whizzing through in a lunch-break (although it is perfectly possible to take a leisurely stroll through all the rooms in an hour).
He went freelance 40 years ago, inventing whizzo kit for a living. Times, Sunday Times
Residents have been complaining about the sound of engines and bikes whizzing past them as they walk on footpaths.
Whiz the bread to rough crumbs in a food processor, or grate it by hand.
Using a hand blender, whizz it together until the mixture is smooth. The Sun
They seem to whiz by so quickly, compared with when you were young.
It turns out that Rooftop, the pot-smoking penitent, was a whiz at Latin when he was in Catholic school.
As I have proved myself to be the creative whiz around the place, most of it fell to me.
Today I nodded my greeting, but he avoided my gaze, and whizzed past with his son.
The roar of the tank, the buzz of the jeep, and the sudden whiz of the banshee add the right amount of ambiance to an action game.
Make the pastry case by whizzing the flour and butter in a food processor until they resemble fine breadcrumbs.
Clinton was initially burdened with a do-nothing fund-raiser, but quickly replaced him with a young whiz named Rahm Emanuel.
She kicked goal after goal, each one whizzing past my face and coming this close to decapitating me.
Add the tahini and continue to whizz until the mixture is really thick and smooth. Times, Sunday Times
Now the vogue is for whizzy computer-assisted attribution studies. Times, Sunday Times
When I am praising this Government, I say to it: gee whiz, it is starting to learn.
Despite his self-confessed uselessness at school, he was able to utilise all the new whizzo technology which logistics require. Times, Sunday Times
It's the small feeling of awe and wonderment you get seeing its sleek shape whizz past you.
We joined my Mum, Dad, Uncle Michael and my parents' neighbour for coffee followed by a whiz around the market.
Long-Term Capital's whiz-bang managers didn't invest in factories, research and development, home building, or anything else productive.
I think it shows just how seriously we in the United Kingdom take our weather when the BBC Weather Centre's relaunched forecast - complete with all new three-dimensional whizzy graphics - becomes a major news story in itself.
When she switches it on, the sound is so familiar, it's the furious whiz of a laundry load in its last spin.
People often envision a costume designer as a sewing whiz with a mouthful of pins and a faithful dressmaker's dummy.
This slim fast-talking man is a whiz with an auction hammer.
Not being a whiz at geometry, I stared at the pattern for quite a while trying to figure out the formula for measuring the degrees of the angles.
It's very dramatic as the dragonfly larva has an extraordinary labial mask mounted underneath its face - like a gigantically extended lower lip with claws on the end which come whizzing out and grab the bloodworm.
These words drove all the heroic thoughts out of my brain, and I tried to look back to see how near our pursuers were; but I could not turn my head round, but only listen to the shouts, while _crack, crack, crack_ came the reports of rifles -- badly aimed by the mounted men, who fired from the saddle, holding their weapons pistol-wise -- the bullets from which went whizzing and buzzing past our ears. Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer
We spun, whizzed, dashed, leaped, "cavorted;" we did whatever a birch running the gantlet of whirlpools and breakers may do, except the fatal finality of a somerset. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862
It comes across as a sort of gee whiz science museum exposition, one that proposes that the solutions to many of the world's problems are not only within our grasp, but that their solution is inevitable.
Julian Cope, former rock god and pagan poet, has an oddly Establishment sideline - he's a whizz on archeology, as his latest book proves.
I know the difference between provolone and cheez whiz. Steelers Super Bowl XLIII Preparations
People often envision a costume designer as a sewing whiz with a mouthful of pins and a faithful dressmaker's dummy.
It was quite an effort just to pull the oar level and even without my mighty power the boat was still whizzing along.
The three-word song title whizzes by like the Roadrunner's "meep-meep!" as it zips away from the Coyote. AvaxHome RSS:
And yet what I hear is so remote, a tremble displaced in time, so indifferent, its spent passion whizzing above my immobile frame.
Now she whizzes round the streets, seeing friends, going to the shops and going to school.
Motorists whiz down the street and when the speed breaker suddenly looms ahead they swerve to avoid it.
When it has cooled, whizz in a blender until smooth. Times, Sunday Times
Dry it in a salad whizzer or by patting it with kitchen paper. Times, Sunday Times
The instrument designated above as the whizzer is a thin, flat, pointed piece of wood, painted black and sparkling with the specular iron ore which is sprinkled on the surface; three small pieces of turquoise are inlaid in the wood to represent eyes and mouth. The Mountain Chant, A Navajo Ceremony Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 379-468
I'd already spent an hour at a bus stop in the ‘burbs, staring at the cars whizzing past, going about their business.
And he discovered that whizzkids in IT may be brainboxes when it comes to mastering the microchip, but too many are locked in a world of jargon seemingly too lofty for ordinary mortals to understand.
And by the look of that whizzy new (- ish) ClustrMaps widget, the majority of visitors are from the US. Happy First Bloggiversary to BoP
Cough, pronounced coff, is onomatopoeic in origin, from the sound of the closure of the glottis plus the sound of air whizzing or wheezing through the trachea.
Trains whizz through the station by the village on their way to London every day.
Noa, I'll shy it mysel '," said the gallant Jimmy; and at the word whizz came the half of a turnip within art inch of Kate's ear. The Firm of Girdlestone
Excited, she whizzes through the rest of the vacuuming.
Read on as Michael Stusser whizzes through the bizarre world of Japanese lunch art.
The sound of cars whizzing by on the lonely suburban road always had a calming effect on him.
Billy Whizz, named for the rapid speed at which he could move, escaped on July 16 last year.
The wind was playing tricks, lifting heaps of dried leaves, whizzing them round, and shifting them from one end of the garden to the other.
They are 12-year-old science fair extraordinaries, mental calculation geniuses, and computer whizzes. Emily K. Schwartz: The Accidental Techie
But will a couple who paid $80,000 hoping for a science whiz be happy with a dumb lunk destined to pump gas at the corner filling station?
Swift as thought the veteran archer raised his arblast to his shoulder, the whizzing bolt fled from the ringing string, and the next moment crashed quivering into the corselet of Plantagenet. Burlesques
A graphic art whizz had done it for him, but he had made the mistake of giving the red-top a blokey, jokey quote to accompany it.
Of course, Intel don't expect you to be buying this motherboard intending to use the on-board video to replace your whizzo video card.
And I sure as hell ain't cheering for yet another whiz-bang computer nerd whose whole job is to magically fill in plot holes the scriptwriters couldn't figure out.
The Walton whizz-kid, tipped to be the most talented on the UK skate scene, was talent-spotted at the resort's skatepark three years ago.
To make the pastry, briefly whiz the butter, flour and sugar in the food processor until it is rough crumbs.
A bullet ripped through the air above his head with a whizz, another round thudded into the muddy ground nearby.
The spin and "whizz" of his reel, the rush of a brown mountain stream with its fringe of silver birch and stunted alder, the white side of a leaping salmon, and the gasp of that noble fish towed deftly into the shallows at last, afforded him a natural and unmixed pleasure. M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur."
They now leave the door open so that Carol Ann can go in there on her own and have a whiz.
Just whiz some of the bread in a food processor until it becomes a pile of coarse crumbs.
Lord Dholakia took one look, then whizzed away at impressive speed for one so short.
A bullet whizzed past her leg, close enough to tear her dress.
One after another they banged the ball out of the infield, line-drives and whizzing grounders and almost all of them got on base.
Two minutes later and Keenan again was whizzing down the right flank after Warnock had launched a counter-attack from deep inside.
The beach is great for a stroll or simply watching windsurfers whizz up and down on the waves. The Sun
Make the vanilla sugar by whizzing a few tablespoons of sugar with the seeds of a vanilla pod in an electric mixer and sprinkle it generously over the chilled strawberries before eating.
Skiers whizzed by me spraying snow, as my brain judged the pros and cons in its spartan gray courtroom. CHOICE SNOW • by Diane Hoover Bechtler
I saw a big piece of metal whizzing through the air.
There was a faint twang, followed by a quiet whiz, as a crossbow bolt flew through the air and collided with a thump into the side of the vent.
That sword whizzed through the air like a bullet; and its point went an inch and a half into the frame of the door. Into the Jaws of Death
Transfer the solids into the food processor (or only part if you enjoy chunky soup like I do), and whizz into a purée.
There is always some magic remedy that will cure it, or some whizz-kid quack with a patent method.
And, perhaps because the routine is the same every day, time seems to be whizzing past as if someone had overwound the clock.
Willie Walsh was the new whiz-kid who dragged Aer Lingus into the modern age.
The plot hinges on a key masterpiece, won by a computer whizz. Times, Sunday Times
But soon the mystery is resolved when he adds cold butter, to reduce the temperature, and whizzes the mixture with an electric whisk until it is frothy.
One shell beyond it, one shell short of it, then whizz-BOOM Burst rafters leaping upwards and a sheet of uralite skimming down the air like a nicked playing-card. Homage to Catalonia
It's those damned cyclists speeding up behind without warning, scaring the living daylights out of you as they whizz past, that are the menaces.
A police car whizzed by, on its way to the accident.
Other than that, the £25m building site at the Vauxhall End drowned out the noise of the cricket with whirrings and crashes, whizzes and bangs.
I thought gee whiz, I guess I'm living on borrowed time!
A sharp inward breath as splinters from the wall behind and to his right whizzed past his ears as the explosive bark of the gun nearly deafened him.

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