Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for zoned out
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As the second quarter wound down, Tatum began to find his stroke.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
15 Mar. 2026 -
This was the second year for the festival, and just as the parade wound down on the street out front, children and their families walked in from the drizzle for popcorn, snacks, drawing, games and just a lot of running around on play mats.—
Jesse Wright,
Chicago Tribune,
7 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
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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
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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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What was supposed to be an uneventful first voyage transporting oil across the Persian Gulf has turned into a nightmare for a 28-year-old sailor from India, who has spent the past month stuck as his ship sits idled by the Iran war.—
Mithil Aggarwal,
NBC news,
27 Mar. 2026
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But even Japan, which idled all its plants after that disaster, is restarting its nuclear plants.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Zoned out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zoned%20out. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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