zigzag 1 of 2

as in to weave
to move suddenly aside or to and fro the fleeing car zigzagged down the highway at breakneck speed

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adjective

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Recent Examples of zigzag
Verb
Any number of odd, zigzag examples can be used to make the case that legislative districts in Wisconsin are excessively gerrymandered. Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 17 Nov. 2023
Adjective
And the fans definitely zigzagged around the ballpark long before Thursday night’s American League East grudge match. Larry Holder, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2025 There are also cables zigzagging along the ocean floor and sensors that can listen in to what passes close by. Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for zigzag
Recent Examples of Synonyms for zigzag
Verb
  • Aliée Istanbul All of the hotels bordering the Bosphorus have an impressive view of the boats weaving through the river’s currents and the Asian half of Istanbul on the other side.
    Laurie Werner, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Our Top Picks for the Best Bedroom Rugs Solid rugs can bring a pop of color into your bedroom and weave in texture at the same time.
    Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Room for two, a supple ride, a gorgeous view over a curved hood, perfect flow of air up and over the windshield and cockpit with virtually no backsplash to disrupt pleasant conversation, and the ability at any time to experience a rush of power and speed when the moment calls.
    Mark Ewing, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Samsung’s Odyssey Ark gaming monitor is down $900, and its massive curved screen with Cockpit Mode makes racing and flight sims ridiculously immersive.
    Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The way a Newfoundland dog carefully ducks his head to avoid getting bumped by a car trunk has captured hearts across the internet.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
  • People having to duck and dive on the trains and the buses, walking through the street, this is one case, but this is happening all across the country.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The Gabriela Hearst trenchcoat dress included a double-breasted design with sinuous lapels and a thigh-high slight.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Intoxicated by the attention—and the presence of the wannabe tragedienne Gloria (a sinuous, Kurt Weill–crooning Greta Lee)—Saxberger nevertheless must reckon with the authenticity of this newfound circle of aspirants.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Natural light pours in from both sides of the slender, serpentine structure.
    Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The system offers a new glimpse into deep-sea serpentinization—a process in which iron- and magnesium-rich rocks chemically react with water to form serpentine minerals and release hydrogen.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 17 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • In fact, most of her public appearance, on the red carpet and otherwise, have included some form of the twisted embellishment.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Consistently subverting audience expectations, Don’t Breathe features an incredibly twisted game of cat-and-mouse.
    Yasmeen Hamadeh, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • More recently, Geran variants painted black with special material to hide from radar fly higher and with tortuous routes to evade Ukrainian defense teams.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2025
  • The family would turn to the stacks of journals Greg left behind, which detailed his tortuous decline but left much unanswered.
    Christopher Kamrani, New York Times, 24 July 2025
Adjective
  • The road is narrow and winding, but the Civic Si’s chassis tuning shines, letting the car dance eagerly between corners.
    Michael Harley, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Water from a winding, jagged valley feeds the swimming spot, which has a 32-foot-wide pebbly beach.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 28 Aug. 2025

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“Zigzag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zigzag. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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