Used in a Sentence

whisking

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for whisking.

Editorial note

Between parents, loan officers, and school administration, everyone is just whisking them through to sign and the money is theirs.

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Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

The motion of something that is whisked.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of whisking gathered in one view.

noun

The motion of something that is whisked.

noun

The movement of an animal's whiskers.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for whisking.

noun

The motion of something that is whisked.

noun

The movement of an animal's whiskers.

Example sentences

1

Between parents, loan officers, and school administration, everyone is just whisking them through to sign and the money is theirs.

2

And whisking away the few smart kids and training those up properly was something left for higher education.

3

Adding one more is far more lightweight than whisking your readers away suddenly in the middle of a sentence.

4

As for abrasive sand, if you're whisking it off lightly enough, you should avoid most problems.

5

Those are now in Carnival ad about whisking your loved ones on a cruise.

6

All the chatter about whisking Snowden away to some safe location seems to have come from people with no authority to do anything.

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I guess whisking people off to detention centers with no evidence, no recourse to trial is the democratic way.

8

But ICE showed up without a legal warrant and attempted to subvert the judicial system by whisking him away, and then arrested a judge.

9

I rarely get through an reading article without the site whisking me away to some other place at least 2-3 times.

10

It is a rhetorical tactic of whisking the issue away.

11

It was in the courtyard of our house during a lightning store - a ball of translucent orange that was stationary for a moment before whisking away.

12

In fact, it was almost like they were working against that, by whisking away all of the speakers and interviewers imediatly following the event and during the one intermission....

Quote examples

1

Where are the secret police whisking away "dissenters" in the middle of the night?

2

>Where are the secret police whisking away "dissenters" in the middle of the night?

3

Seems incongruous to take your national heroes and make them sit in a hot trailer for a few days "for show" instead of whisking them home for their debrief and ticker-tape parades.

4

No "they" didn't, nobody ever said that horses were the ultimate form of transportation, and long before Ford came along the Railways were already whisking people along in greater safety and speed than horses.

Proper noun examples

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Whisking can make up for the boringness of a dry sauna (hitting yourself with some birch branches).

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use whisking in a sentence?

Between parents, loan officers, and school administration, everyone is just whisking them through to sign and the money is theirs.

What does whisking mean?

The motion of something that is whisked.

What part of speech is whisking?

whisking is commonly used as noun.