zings

Definition of zingsnext
present tense third-person singular of zing

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • Starting with cake mix is a clever shortcut that not only speeds up the baking progress, but yields a cookie with an extra supple texture.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 9 Feb. 2026
  • That speeds up the process and allows more patients to be seen in the same amount of time.
    Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 9 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
  • The story is a post-apocalyptic tale in which a convict, played by Fischbach, sails an ocean of blood in a submarine in order to search for resources and discovers increasingly terrifying secrets.
    William Earl, Variety, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The Star Breeze sails year-round in French Polynesia, with voyages departing almost every week, according to the cruise line’s website.
    Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 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
  • When a mosquito comes and bites him, the bug immediately tastes the spice in his blood and flies away only to combust moments later.
    Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Five cookline flies and two dishwasher area flies were landing on kitchen walls and shelves.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 6 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
  • Delivered with an ease that flirts with comedy, it can be taken as humor punctuating drama.
    JP Mangalindan, Time, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Opening with a melancholic harmonica that flirts with a country twang, the track feels unfiltered as Eric Aragón (real name) sings of regret and the sting of love gone wrong.
    Natalia Cano, Billboard, 16 Jan. 2026
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“Zings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zings. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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