How to Use whip through in a Sentence

whip through

phrasal verb
  • The wind whips through the brush as the team starts its work.
    Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 17 Apr. 2023
  • And each launch sent a shock wave whipping through every cell in the operator’s brain.
    Dave Philipps, New York Times, 26 Nov. 2023
  • Monstrous winds, some churning as fast as 100 mph, whipped through Perry.
    Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Dust storms whip through farmland that is being invaded by waves of desert sand.
    Kareem Fahim, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Folau Tone steadied himself as a gale whipped through his street in Lahaina.
    Corina Knoll, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Some of those searing particles whipped through space at about three million miles per hour.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Though alerts went out to people's cellphones, Tokuda said there was no cellphone service in many places as the fire began to whip through Maui.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Strong winds whipped through Southern California overnight, clearing the way for much drier and colder weather for the rest of the week.
    Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Wind whipped through at 80 miles per hour, blowing kickball-sized embers into their area.
    Whitney Shefte, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Forecasters expect sustained winds whipping through the area at 35 to 45 mph.
    Cari Spencer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Mammoth Mountain Ski Area was closed as powerful winds of up to 70 mph, with higher gusts, whipped through the mountains blowing snow.
    Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2024
  • Powerful winds have whipped through the region since Wednesday, downing power lines and trees.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Back in the day, Be Your Own Pet shows were full of so much kinetic energy and onstage acrobatics, the band often whipped through a whole set in a 30-minute fury.
    Marissa R. Moss, New York Times, 31 May 2023
  • At night, when most migrants make the crossing, a cold wind whips through this desolate strip of desert straddling the border on Cocopah Indian Tribe land.
    Raul Roa, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2023
  • The fastest Large Language Model whipped through contract reviews in under a minute, while junior lawyers took 56 minutes on average.
    The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Fair enough for a character who is only 20 years old, but that distinction isn’t made until Episode 4, at which point a much older-looking McLeod has already whipped through most of the character growth.
    Amber Dowling, Variety, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Read more: Best Blenders Chef-beloved Vitamix are discounted right now—the professional-grade blender can whip through ingredients, like frozen fruit, with ease to make smoothies, dips, gazpachos, and more.
    Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Safety goggles slip over our faces, and radiation badges are clipped to our fronts, measuring the invisible energy and particles that whip through them.
    Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 14 Nov. 2023
  • An atmospheric disturbance is whipping through the job market.
    Sam Dean, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Late spring winds whipped through Southern California over the weekend and fanned multiple brush fires while also dashing the hopes of music festival-goers in Redondo Beach.
    Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2024
  • Ronan, who whips through approaches to a design problem and bounces between painting, photography, sculpture and architecture, is the fox.
    Julie Lasky, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2023

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