How to Use zing in a Sentence

zing

1 of 2 noun

• The chili peppers give the sauce a little extra zing.
• They needed to put some zing back into their relationship.
• Don’t love the zing of orange in baked goods?
  — Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
• Then, for the just-right amount of zing, add a splash of lemon juice.
  — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2022
• The zing of fresh shiso (whole leaves or finely sliced) is the best.
  — Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2023
• The amount of cayenne pepper in the recipe gives a mild zing to the sauce.
  — cleveland, 11 June 2020
• The whole thing crunches, melts, zings and primes the taste buds for more.
  — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026
• The kohlrabi slaw was crunchy and creamy, with just enough zing from the hot sauce.
  — The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appétit, 23 Nov. 2022
• Think of them as Rice Krispies treats with a fruity, acidic zing.
  — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Feb. 2018
• There were some pretty stellar zings this year.
  — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2025
• Rather, this engine emits a more droning zing.
  — Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 25 Feb. 2026
• But a couple of decades later, the joke has lost a bit of its zing.
  — David Scharfenberg, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2018
• Minced jalapeños give the vegetables heat and lemon juice and zest add zing.
  — Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2021
• Full of zing and depth, the season remains just as thrilling as the first.
  — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
• The squash was crisp outside and warm and chewy inside, with the glaze adding zing.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2018
• Burnt orange has a zing that many earth tones do not, even if used as a neutral.
  — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 May 2023
• But their jollof rice should be the dish of choice for patrons who like a little zing.
  — Andrea E. McHugh, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Dec. 2022
• For a bit of zing, simmer a strip of orange peel along with a beef or veal stew.
  — Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping, 22 Dec. 2020
• The cheesy grits are capped off with hot sauce, offering a zing that doesn’t linger.
  — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 10 Feb. 2021
• The Notini has a good zing to it.
  — Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 22 Aug. 2025
• The Zingbot had some pretty harsh zings this year.
  — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2025
• The spicy tuna tostada has some zing from a drizzle of spicy chile mayo.
  — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 6 Sep. 2021
• Serve with hot pickled peppers on top for more zing in every bite.
  — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 21 Aug. 2025
• Serve with hot pickled peppers on top for more zing in every bite.
  — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 4 Feb. 2026
• And the spicy sausage gravy added a nice zing with good consistency.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland.com, 7 Apr. 2018
• The streaks and zings from that distinctive tattooed arm are over.
  — Ethan Bauer, miamiherald, 20 Mar. 2018
• Just a little zing that is enough to convince the squirrel to stay off the fence.
  — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 8 July 2019
• Lime juice ties the flavors together and adds some zing.
  — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2026
• The zing was elaborately planned, and so was the post-mortem.
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 30 Aug. 2019
• Think chartreuse, a zing of hot pink, and even canary yellow.
  — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 9 Feb. 2026

zing

2 of 2 verb

• The comics spent the evening cracking jokes and zinging each other.
• His opponent has run television ads zinging him.
• Earthy beets get a hit of smoke from the grill, zinged up with charred orange and lemon.
  — Caesarstone, Bon Appétit, 2 Apr. 2020
• The only thing that kept zinging me is that the iPad can’t run three apps at once like the Pro can.
  — Dieter Bohn, The Verge, 3 Apr. 2018
• Thirty minutes later, a cocaine-like rush zinged through my upper body.
  — Jacqueline Detwiler, Popular Mechanics, 25 June 2018
• The author will zing them up to boost your culinary entertaining quotient.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 6 Dec. 2022
• Cosmic rays are protons and heavier atomic nuclei zinging through space.
  — Adrian Cho, Science | AAAS, 21 Sep. 2017
• After all, more than 200 moons zing around the measly eight planets in our own Solar System.
  — Daniel Clery, Science | AAAS, 22 July 2021
• The result is a pinball machine zinging with sharp dialogue, breathtaking plot twists and naughty humor.
  — Tayari Jones, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2017
• The zinging banter between the two characters is really a battle of philosophies.
  — Jeet Heer, The New Republic, 9 Mar. 2018
• Throttle response is excellent, low-down torque is strong, and the little engine gives its modest all with a zinging enthusiasm.
  — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 30 June 2017
• Messi, desperate to atone for his spot-kick failure, rifled a shot from just atop the edge of the box, presumably aiming for the top-left corner, but the ball zinged just wide.
  — SI.com, 16 June 2018
• But though Dracula zings again, this third offering in the offbeat look at the world of ghouls and monsters doesn’t come close to having the same zing as the first or second.
  — Rick Bentley, Detroit Free Press, 12 July 2018
• While Dracula zings again, this third offering in the offbeat look at the world of ghouls and monsters doesn't come close to having the same zing as the first or second offering.
  — Rick Bentley, chicagotribune.com, 12 July 2018
• Playing shortstop in a T-ball game with kids a few years older, Mahomes fielded a ball, zinged it across the diamond … and crunched the face of the poor first baseman.
  — Vahe Gregorian, kansascity.com, 28 Apr. 2017
• Madrid started brightly, with their attack zinging right from the off, and the Girona defenders being pulled out of position regularly by smart movement.
  — SI.com, 18 Mar. 2018
• But around page 70, just when all seems muddled and brittle and lost, Anne Lamott zings back into Hallelujah with her signature crackling warmth.
  — Ann Bauer, The Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2017
• Standing still out of fear while others zing past on the highway is like asking your GPS navigation system to route you directly to Regretville.
  — Josh Linkner, Detroit Free Press, 1 Aug. 2020
• Meanwhile, the most tweeted about moment, according to data released by Twitter, came when Booker zinged Biden during a clash on criminal justice.
  — Brian Stelter, CNN, 1 Aug. 2019
• But a healthy Cam Newton — who missed all of minicamp and a lot of training camp last year following shoulder surgery — figures to enjoy zinging the ball around in Turner’s vertical stretch passing game.
  — Joseph Person, charlotteobserver, 11 June 2018
• Yet, like Mongol missives zinging over city walls, the government’s threats are at once serious and a stratagem to frighten Hong Kongers into disowning the protesters and suing for peace.
  — The Economist, 29 Aug. 2019