How to Use zombie in a Sentence

zombie

noun

• His students usually sat there in the classroom like zombies.
• If I don't go to bed early I'll be a zombie tomorrow.
• The streets of Kabul were like a scene from a zombie movie.
  — Sophie Carson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 May 2022
• But then, he was brought back to life and kept as a zombie at Vought.
  — Rachel Paige, refinery29.com, 13 Oct. 2020
• The man walked, zombie-like, toward the two cops, Vervloet said.
  — oregonlive, 10 Dec. 2019
• At least the zombies in Left 4 Dead clock a respectable 40.
  — SI.com, 18 Oct. 2019
• That was the case in the zombie failure of Bed Bath & Beyond.
  — Bernard Condon, Fortune, 7 June 2024
• Dre bangs on the basement door and then stands there like a zombie.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 Aug. 2024
• This is one of – if not the – best zombie movies ever made.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
• The same issue applies to most of the game's ho-hum zombie cast.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2022
• Oh Joon-woo, a gamer stuck in his apartment in the midst of a zombie attack.
  — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 30 Jan. 2023
• Turn on your Halloween lights so the zombies glow during the night.
  — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2023
• The ether ETFs, now about a year old, were starting to look like zombie funds.
  — Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 30 July 2025
• Shaun of the Dead is far from the only zombie-themed work in pop culture.
  — Jack Butler, National Review, 21 Mar. 2020
• The adult zombie flies stalk adult bees and lay their eggs inside them.
  — oregonlive, 3 July 2022
• Snyder knows how to make a zombie movie—that's for damn sure.
  — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 15 Feb. 2022
• And is there any way for homeowners to fight the zombies?
  — Sam Yellowhorse Kesler, NPR, 10 May 2024
• Entrants took breathers during the 30 to 45 minute course, with safe zones free of zombies along the way.
  — Denys Bucksten, chicagotribune.com, 5 Nov. 2019
• That trash, on a long car ride in the middle of tablet zombie binge, will inevitably go on the floor.
  — Travel + Leisure, 2 May 2021
• On the other hand, the zombie heads in the sand, covered with crabs (food, Morgan!
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 8 June 2022
• Her band joined in the fun as Frankenstein, a zombie, Swamp Thing, ghouls, and vampires.
  — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 3 Nov. 2022
• Lila and Alex don’t want to watch zombie movies anymore.
  — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 18 July 2021
• There's nothing quite like a posse of zombie back-up dancers.
  — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 9 July 2020
• But then a crate descends from a ceiling and drops the zombie on the chicken’s back.
  — Esther Zuckerman, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
• Any movie with teenagers now has to have a vampire, a zombie or a werewolf.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 17 Apr. 2025
• The Plaid is a zombie at the limit, with nothing coming up through the two girthy grips at the end of the steering yoke.
  — Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver, 8 Dec. 2021
• Final season of the CW show about a zombie who teams up with the police.
  — Kathryn Lindsay, refinery29.com, 25 July 2019
• Back at the tree in present day, Negan kills a zombie with Lucille and falls to his knees — the ol’ girl just doesn’t have the same good vibes.
  — Richard Rys, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2021
• As Margaret points out, Mr. Williams goes through life like a zombie.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 24 Jan. 2022
• There were cats, zombies, a topical Challengers couples’ costume, and, unlike most parties, a high volume of Fred Dursts.
  — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2025