How to Use zoom in a Sentence

zoom

1 of 2 verb
  • Pan or zoom the map to see which cities are in the zone.
    — Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 2018-05-23
  • To zoom in on the pages, click the three bars at top right.
    — Wilborn Nobles, ajc, 2022-05-05
  • Use the mouse scroll wheel or pinch your trackpad to zoom.
    — David Nield, Popular Science, 2020-12-18
  • As her name was called, the cameras zoomed in on her face.
    — Eric Ray Davidson, Glamour, 2019-03-28
  • Pinch with two fingers to zoom in and out or use mouse wheel.
    — Ryan Huddle, BostonGlobe.com, 2022-05-06
  • The text and/or images will zoom in and out to meet your needs.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 2021-06-21
  • The truck plows through a stop sign and zooms ahead before the video ends.
    — Scott Berson, star-telegram, 2018-04-02
  • The open-air trolley still zooms along, back and forth, back and forth.
    — Liz Krieger, Good Housekeeping, 2020-01-02
  • The group zooms around the lot like a swarm of bees before the dog gives up.
    — Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal, 2019-12-16
  • Click the map or use the search box below to zoom to a county.
    — Nigel Chiwaya, NBC News, 2022-04-07
  • The new bus flasher light that zooms back and forth is a menace!
    — oregonlive, 2020-01-31
  • Zoom out and the numbers get larger.
    — Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The drones zoomed off when police arrived at the scene, the source said.
    — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 2024-12-13
  • When the camera zooms back in on the gull, blood can be seen streaming from its neck.
    — Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 2023-08-10
  • The whole day just zooms by in a blur, and then my head feels it’s going to explode.
    — Brendan Leonard, Outside Online, 2019-06-14
  • Her green hair flew through the wind, and her watch zoomed by in a few still shots, such as the one below.
    — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 2024-08-08
  • Cars zoom from one end of the building to the next, as the glass structure looms overhead.
    — Liz Stinson, Curbed, 2018-05-09
  • Click on the drop-down menu in the top left to zoom in on a specific state’s members.
    — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2022-05-23
  • Workers zoom in on the autographs to compare the curves and loops.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 2022-11-16
  • The digital book font is small, so Ms. Rogers tries to zoom in.
    — Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 2020-12-21
  • And sure, the replay angles weren’t great, but the league has the ability to zoom in.
    — Andrew Joseph, For The Win, 2018-04-29
  • There was a zoomed in picture of Chandler(one of the main characters) and his hand.
    — Jenny Hollander, Marie Claire, 2019-02-26
  • Dorsey stopped it, but 20 feet from the boat the fish jumped again, flopped back with a loud splash, and zoomed upstream.
    — Arthur Grahame, Outdoor Life, 2025-06-04
  • Of the 300 cameras, those closest to the problem zoom in on the flames.
    — Tim Newcomb, WIRED, 2018-06-13
  • Or to zoom past the likes of Hall of Famer Dan Marino in the school record books.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 2021-10-23
  • Zooming in, Henry catching two of three passes from Maye was a welcome sight.
    — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 4 Aug. 2025
  • That goes for the rest of the bunch as well, as two more meteors will zoom past on June 15 and June 17.
    — The Arizona Republic, 2023-06-14
  • Zooming out provides more perspective.
    — Wes Moss, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Digital zoom on the 9's video footage goes to 7x, while the Pro and XL run up to 20x.
    — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 2024-08-13
  • Zoom out to see the entire planet, or get a closer look at an individual business, complete with contact information, pictures of the storefront, and user reviews.
    — PC Magazine, 15 Aug. 2025

zoom

2 of 2 noun
  • The truck went by with a zoom.
  • The camera was equipped with a zoom.
  • The zoom ring is just ahead of focus.
    — Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 13 May 2026
  • Why is every fifth shot a crash zoom?
    — Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Patience and a good zoom lens are your friends here.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 21 Apr. 2026
  • There’s a lot of ways to tell those stories through pans and zooms.
    — Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2020
  • The zoom lens will set you back by $4,599.
    — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Anybody can put on a brave face for a half-hour zoom meeting.
    — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, 25 Aug. 2020
  • This is where the new Google Maps zoom trick will come in handy.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 3 Feb. 2022
  • In this instance, the lack of a zoom is what did the glasses in.
    — Victoria Song, The Verge, 23 Apr. 2024
  • Zoom in on the map to see if there are any dams near your location.
    — Nathaniel Levine, sacbee, 27 July 2017
  • Go ahead and look at that zoom-in on the hairline in the below post.
    — Danielle Gray, Allure, 9 Jan. 2018
  • The drone video zooms in on them, and flashes of gunfire light up the screen.
    — Washington Post, 18 May 2018
  • The women, many of them just girls, flick prawn shells at the zoom lens of prying tourists.
    — Christopher Cameron, Robb Report, 14 Dec. 2024
  • TikTok users were pairing the song with the app's slow zoom trend.
    — Daniela Avila, PEOPLE.com, 17 Sep. 2021
  • Connect us with authors in person, on zoom, and on the page.
    — Linda-Marie Barrett september 10, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The paps were also there, with their zoom lenses primed for the money shots.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Unique dual-periscope zoom system.
    — Paul Monckton, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • The zoom ring takes up most of the space here and is easy to find thanks to its ribbed plastic texture.
    — PCMAG, 31 Mar. 2024
  • The lens has just two rings—one for manual focus and a second to set the zoom.
    — PCMAG, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Apple fans have also wanted 5x zoom across the board.
    — PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Apple fans have also wanted 5x zoom across the board.
    — PC Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Apple fans have also wanted 5x zoom across the board.
    — PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2025
  • There are a couple of trade-offs versus an optical zoom.
    — PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Paparazzi need the most high-powered of zoom lenses to snag even the fuzziest of snaps.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The shutter release, on/off switch, and zoom rocker are at the top of the handgrip.
    — PCMAG, 30 July 2024
  • The barrel of the lens features a custom focus hold button and a zoom lock switch.
    — Harry Bennett, Space.com, 29 July 2025
  • The 3x zoom photos are sharp and detailed, while the 6x shots are decent, too.
    — Prakhar Khanna, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
  • The controller also has dials to control the zoom and angle of the lens.
    — Dallas News, 1 Dec. 2022
  • There is a contrast button to turn the screen black and white; a zoom button makes the text larger on the screen.
    — Dylan McGuinness, ExpressNews.com, 17 Oct. 2019

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