zings

Definition of zingsnext
present tense third-person singular of zing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for zings
Verb
  • As the race speeds up and riders are jettisoned, the team cars are stuck further behind the bunch.
    Andy McGrath, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Once acquired, the UAV rapidly speeds towards the target, crashing into it.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 27 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • As the mission sprints its final lap before launch day, their fastidious preparation stands out as an achievement in its own right.
    Matt Alderton, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
  • When trying to work out of Brighton’s press, Malo Gusto’s mishit pass to Jadon Sancho ends in the visitors winning the ball and creating an overload; Marc Cucurella sprints over to help and flies into his challenge, picking up a yellow card.
    Simon Johnson, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • With his multi-instrumentalist bandmates, PJ Moore and co-songwriter Robert Bell, Buchanan zooms into these exchanges to prolong them or dissembles them into jagged pieces that leave the bigger picture to us.
    Sam Sodomsky, Pitchfork, 1 Feb. 2026
  • The world-famous squirrel that zooms around a pool on water skis while wearing a tiny life vest will be in the Queen City.
    Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Two examples of these itineraries are Celebrity’s transatlantic sailing from Orlando, Florida, to Southampton, England (by way of Bermuda and Lisbon), and this 23-day transpacific journey aboard Windstar Cruises, which sails from Tokyo to Vancouver.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 21 Feb. 2026
  • The company sails out of 22 ports across the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.
    Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 19 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • As the movie flits between these different storylines, time is reframed less as something to resist (or defy) than as something to embrace.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Identity takes the lead as the Moon flits into your sign, so your tone, pace, and choices are most likely to set the mood for everyone today.
    Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Qatar Airways, which started Miami service in late 2024, flies to Doha.
    David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The engine whine increases again, and the helicopter flies off, spraying us with fine powder.
    Brent Rose, Outside, 28 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel (center) flutters a Venezuelan and Cuban national flags in support of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro in Havana.
    Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • While waiting for flights to resume, Charli’s character Bethany flirts with the idea of blowing up her life by rekindling a romance with an old friend who owns a flower shop in Warsaw.
    Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Delivered with an ease that flirts with comedy, it can be taken as humor punctuating drama.
    JP Mangalindan, Time, 27 Jan. 2026
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“Zings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zings. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.

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