zones out

present tense third-person singular of zone out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for zones out
Verb
  • John Tufts Temperatures have gradually cooled across the Midwest as October winds down to Halloween.
    John Tufts, IndyStar, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Even as the weather gets chillier and bare-skin season winds down, hair removal—via shaving, trimming, or lasering—remains a year-round habit for many of us.
    Lily Wohlner, Allure, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Parker’s series starts out with too much bellowing and yelling along with hazing and bullying but loosens up and broadens out to peer into the lives of other recruits who are wrestling with demons and sometimes each other.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The film just idles on the runway.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The cranky and irritating backseat driver, who bums a lift midway through the Griswolds' adventure, also has with her the easily excitable pooch Dinky.
    Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But while the new movie dawdles on its way to Toxie’s origins, then rushes toward a finale with a lurching rhythm that verges on calculated ineptitude, its spirit never feels inauthentic.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Zones out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zones%20out. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.

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