How to Use zone out in a Sentence

zone out

verb
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  • Stan Van Gundy remarked the other day that Zion used to zone out when his man didn't have the ball.
    — Matt Eppers, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2021
  • Xavier tried doubling him, guarding him one-on-one and even threw a zone out there in the second half.
    — Adam Baum, The Enquirer, 20 Nov. 2022
  • Along the Pacific coast, Dungeness crab live in the intertidal zone out to a depth of about 560 feet.
    — Isabella Breda, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Nov. 2022
  • But even these may still allow a driver to zone out, Walker Smith said.
    — Tom Krisher, ajc, 9 June 2022
  • Put on all 12 seasons and zone out to the adventures of Leonard, Sheldon, and Penny for days on end.
    — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2021
  • The goal of meditation is not to zone out, empty your thoughts, withdraw from the world or get high on life.
    — Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 22 May 2021
  • The premise is simply: zone out for 90 minutes, with the winner having the lowest and most stable heart rate.
    — Washington Post, 29 May 2021
  • Can Bruce Bochy fix a team that, save for the rotation, is basically the same one that zoned out last year?
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The most vocal people get their opinions heard, and everyone else tries not to zone out. Rinse.
    — Paul Estes, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2021
  • Part of the design’s intention was to keep things interesting, says Sulik, so that the Bobs of the world wouldn’t zone out.
    — Caitlin Harrington, WIRED, 7 July 2023
  • But even these systems may still allow a driver to zone out, Mr. Walker Smith said.
    — Tom Krisher, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 June 2022
  • The amount of time spent scrolling, playing games or watching videos to zone out from the day is astronomical.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 16 May 2022
  • Take for instance the wireless Beats earbuds or the AirPods Pro for working out (and zoning out).
    — Sarah Madaus, SELF, 11 Sep. 2023
  • At one point, Slovis completed 18 straight passes as the Cougars continued to play zone out of Cover-1 and Cover-3.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2020
  • Take, for instance, a pair of sleek Bose noise-cancelling headphones or Airpods Pro for working out and zoning out.
    — Sarah Madaus, SELF, 11 July 2023
  • Making line after line, dot after dot, Lopour feels her shoulders relax and her mind zone out.
    — Jenna Ross, Star Tribune, 15 Jan. 2021
  • The veil between reality and fantasy is extremely thin, so do your best to zone out and try to touch base with the other side.
    — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 24 Sep. 2021
  • His overpowering speed on the mound caused outfielders to zone out, knowing nobody could hit him, and the hand of his catcher to hurt for days after games.
    — Alex Traub, New York Times, 7 May 2023
  • Take, for instance, a pair of sleek Bose noise-cancelling headphones, Beats earbuds, or Airpods Pro for working out (and zoning out).
    — Sarah Madaus, SELF, 12 July 2023
  • Take, for instance, wireless Beats earbuds or Airpods Pro for working out (and zoning out).
    — Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Often, cats will purr while doing it, and maybe even drool a little or stare off into the middle distance, zoning out in that way that only cats can.
    — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 29 July 2023
  • That is, zoning out allowed employees the chance to replenish their waning resources and to bring greater focus to their later work tasks.
    — Melissa A. Wheeler, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Will your kids spend the summer zoned out in front of a TV becoming unfortunate experts on 2000s office culture?
    — oregonlive, 13 June 2023
  • The videos come with no dialog or remixes of Disney songs — just beautiful images and low-key music so fans of all ages can completely zone out for a bit.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 3 June 2020
  • Intentional or not, the effect coaxed me toward zoning out.
    — Vulture, 13 Mar. 2023
  • But that story is told with a looping, repetitive style and otherworldly visuals that can cause viewers to zone out and drift away.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Attach your tablet to the holder to take classes—including bespoke workouts from Sunny Health and Fitness’ website—or zone out to your favorite playlist.
    — Gabrielle Hondorp, Health.com, 25 Feb. 2021
  • One Brooklyn community has managed to go a step further than the Jackson Heights group by making a pedestrian-only zone out of a high-traffic road lined with restaurants and businesses.
    — Caroline Spivack, Curbed, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Nedergaard’s interpretation is that more experienced runners are able to zone out during easy training runs, whereas novice runners have to deploy the heavy self-talk artillery pretty much all the time to get through their runs.
    — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 26 Feb. 2021
  • Another form of imagination seems to occur when an animal isn’t traveling through space but is eating, grooming or zoning out.
    — Ingrid Wickelgren, Scientific American, 8 June 2023

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