zings

present tense third-person singular of zing

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • During one depressive episode, Springsteen somberly speeds down the road in his Camaro before violently hitting the brake.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Jonah escapes and speeds off in a bright yellow Jeep with Tali hiding in the back.
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • Once the dynamite is on the ground, Manchis immediately sprints down the stairs, towards the danger.
    Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The film, which tells the story of a 1980s teen who accidentally hops in a time machine and zooms back to 1955, first premiered in summer 1985.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2025
  • All the while, Cook spots a cutback lane to the interior, gives a couple of setup steps and zooms up the field for another big gain.
    Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Royal Caribbean sails itineraries to 270-plus destinations in 60-plus countries on six continents.
    Jessica Peralta, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Researchers know about the wrecks because reporting any commercial ship that sails on the lakes is required; from the early 19th century to the 20th century, about 40,000 ships sailed the Great Lakes, Baillod said.
    Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The episode’s first half feels like the work of a misguided pest, and Beto’s filmmaking, which flits between several different styles and cuts between multiple angles sometimes within the course of one interview segment, doesn’t help.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The notion that Tyler cultivated an audience of white incels flies in the face of the many Black fans that Odd Future had at the very beginning.
    Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Bradenton, Florida Dotted with pristine sugar-white beaches, turquoise waters, no high rises and smaller crowds, Bradenton flies below the usual radar in comparison to nearby Tampa or Sarasota.
    Noreen Kompanik, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Reeves flirts with Michael Douglas territory in this Eli Roth erotic thriller that’s not especially good but is interesting as an acting exercise.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Columbus, Ohio, could approach its daily record high of 83 degrees Saturday, while San Antonio, Texas, flirts with a daily record of 93 degrees.
    Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Her debut, Sayonara Bar, flickers around the characters frequenting a Japanese hostess lounge, while The Incarnations traces a single soul across a thousand years.
    Neil McRobert, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The deep green glass vessel, etched with vertical lines reminiscent of towering tree trunks, shifts from khaki to warm browns and golden yellows as the flame flickers, casting a hypnotic glow that’s as enchanting as its aroma.
    Michael Stefanov, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Zings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zings. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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