zinging

present participle of zing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for zinging
Verb
  • In the other case, Matis was speeding in a 2025 Cadillac Lyriq in the area of Southwest 57th Avenue and 29th Street during the late evening of June 24, deputies said.
    Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
  • During court on Eyssallenne's preliminary hearing on Tuesday, prosecutors shared jarring dash camera video of the crash, which shows the boy speeding through an intersection before colliding with a car and getting thrown into the air.
    Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Then, after a bullet hit Kirk, Robinson could be seen darting across the roof, dropping to ground level and sprinting away on foot, Hull added.
    Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Chelsea attack with venom; Cole Palmer, Joao Pedro and Morgan Rogers are darting flashes of blue steel.
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Then, after a bullet hit Kirk, Robinson could be seen darting across the roof, dropping to ground level and sprinting away on foot, Hull added.
    Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 1 Sep. 2026
  • These paddles weren’t designed for sprinting across dry soil, but were built to swim.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Grichuk put a good swing on a slider while flying out to left field.
    LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
  • It was later revealed that the plane had been overloaded by 700 pounds and the pilot, who had cocaine and alcohol in his system, was not authorized to be flying, according to CBS.
    Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The tanker was sailing in the southern shipping lane close to the Omani coast, the UK Maritime Trade Operations agency said in a post on Tuesday, Asia time.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Yet the language, always extraordinarily resilient, is again sailing toward new horizons in the 21st century.
    Ilan Stavans, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The fire had engulfed the garage roof, with flames flicking nearby trees and threatening to spread beyond the garage.
    Rob Moore, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Playing with the Chromatic is as simple as inserting a cartridge and flicking the power switch.
    Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 22 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Upon further review of the camera footage, Sam Gough, a park supervisor for the Incline Village General Improvement District, said the light appeared to be just a bug flitting across the lens.
    Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • An airy, not-too-sweet vanilla like Taunt is the perfect encapsulation of a Gemini who’s always flitting from one topic of interest to the next.
    Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 14 July 2026
Verb
  • As skirts got shorter and the Jazz Age changed how women dressed, women wanted to show off their feet and looked for secure shoes for dancing.
    Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Repetitive motifs in various shapes were her trademark, resembling netting, swirls or worms, but most often dots, dancing proudly on her canvases or as sparkling balls or dots of light in her installations in all their vibrant, psychedelic glory.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
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“Zinging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zinging. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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