zoned out

Definition of zoned outnext
past tense of zone out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for zoned out
Verb
  • Walton has also wound down his involvement in Walmart, retiring from a 23-year stint as chairman in 2015 and leaving the company’s board in 2024.
    Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 3 Mar. 2026
  • As a Flames power play wound down, Sharangovich, who had withstood pressure from two penalty killers to start a puck reversal, got it back in the right circle.
    Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 2 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • But France loosened up and Italy fired back with a Capuozzo try and a Paolo Garbisi penalty.
    ABC News, ABC News, 22 Feb. 2026
  • At the show's afterparty, Browne and his models—some still wearing the metallic hair adornments from the show—loosened up a bit as a DJ positioned in one corner of the tent attempted to manifest Latifah with a quick mix of her hits.
    Eve Batey, Vanity Fair, 7 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • And someone who is a great listener, respectful, caring, chilled out, someone who supports my dreams – and is cool with my chaos!
    Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Across the field, Granite Hills’ talented junior quarterback, Zac Benitez, chilled out, bobbing his head to tunes playing on his headphones.
    Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • We were parked alongside a remote and heavily vegetated waterway called Furlong Creek, which was the site of another one of Johnson’s experiments.
    Katie Thornton, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Contrary to the arid badlands of Ledi-Geraru today, millions of years ago, the area was a lush, vegetated landscape with rivers and shallow lakes.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Takaichi also promised to speed the restart of reactors idled since the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster in 2011.
    Reuters, NBC news, 20 Feb. 2026
  • In February 2023, Stellantis idled the assembly plant near Rockford and laid off its last 1,200 workers after halting production of the Cherokee amid dwindling sales.
    Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2026
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“Zoned out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zoned%20out. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.

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