Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for zoned out
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The 64-year-old had left little doubt about his future as the season wound down.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026 -
As the second quarter wound down, Tatum began to find his stroke.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
15 Mar. 2026
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But France loosened up and Italy fired back with a Capuozzo try and a Paolo Garbisi penalty.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Feb. 2026
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Days passed and bombs kept falling, while oil tankers idled on either side of the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran had effectively closed in retaliation for the war launched by Israel and the United States.—
Ishaan Tharoor,
New Yorker,
8 Apr. 2026
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Oil tankers and other commercial shippers that would normally travel through the narrow Strait of Hormuz off Iran’s southern coast have been idled due to Iran’s threats and attacks.—
Matt Peterson,
CNBC,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Zoned out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zoned%20out. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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