How to Use zip line in a Sentence

zip line

noun
  • Beal showed me how to clip onto the zip line, then slid across with ease.
    — Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Romero and the rider were both pulled off the zip line tower.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2022
  • Adults slid through the playground hanging from a small zip line.
    — Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Oct. 2021
  • Two of my cousins bought zip lines for their kids, so kids can fly between trees on a rope.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 29 Apr. 2020
  • Choose from a wagon ride, train ride, pumpkin patch, zip line and more.
    — Web Behrens, chicagotribune.com, 4 Sep. 2019
  • There are several zip line canopy tours to choose from, all of which have a theme.
    — Amber Pittman, AccessAtlanta, 5 June 2022
  • The lake will be stocked with fish, and a zip line will stretch from opposing banks.
    — Vanesa Brashier, Houston Chronicle, 26 Oct. 2017
  • New this year is the debut of the first-ever zip line at a night market.
    — Taryn White, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
  • Less about zip lines and more private cabanas and horse-riding on the beach.
    — Mark Ellwood, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 July 2019
  • Mickey saved the day by flying in on a zip line and got the party back on track.
    — New York Times, 5 Mar. 2018
  • For a change of pace, check out Berkshire East’s bike park and zip line.
    — Patricia Harris and David Lyon, BostonGlobe.com, 2 June 2022
  • The more brave-hearted can even beat the skiers down the slope by taking a zip line which runs above it.
    — Caroline Reid, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • There are also five pools, two casinos, a zip line, rock climbing walls and more.
    — Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 20 June 2023
  • Locals used a zip line to ferry food to the people trapped in the cable car.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The zip line is the only ride that requires guests to transfer from wheelchairs.
    — Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 12 May 2024
  • To get there, guests are transported along a zip line over lush forests and waterfalls.
    — Jim Dobson, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2021
  • Attendance was at all-time highs even though the zip line and climbing center were closed.
    — Robert Kunzig, National Geographic, 13 Oct. 2020
  • Think of the open-air drop as a 17-second vertical zip line with brakes.
    — Michael Hiller, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2020
  • Thrill seekers will have a blast testing their agility and balance on the ropes course and zip line.
    — Gabi De La Rosa, Chron, 12 May 2023
  • The course includes 22 unique elements, plus two zip lines and a sky swing.
    — Trevor Fraser, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Nov. 2019
  • Each trail is made up of platforms in the trees connected by cables, wood, ropes or zip lines.
    — Anna Bauman, Detroit Free Press, 9 June 2019
  • To get back, take the cable car, go on a hike, or for the more adventurous, zip line your way down.
    — Wendy Hu, Travel + Leisure, 24 July 2023
  • There are hills to hike, a steep ledge for setting up a zip line, and green fields for dance classes and tie-dye sessions.
    — Andrea Stanley, The Atlantic, 30 Aug. 2022
  • The third zip line on the course, which is about 2,650 feet long, can reach up to 60 mph.
    — Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Four-year-old Daniel Smith zoomed by, seated on a child-sized zip line, his dark curls bouncing.
    — Mary Carole McCauley, baltimoresun.com, 18 Aug. 2021
  • There are lots of different ways to see the island — hiking, biking, bus tours, even a zip line.
    — Samantha Dunn, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Benavides said that the new zip line will conclude the first of three phases to updating the park.
    — Eric Guzmán, Detroit Free Press, 4 May 2024
  • In one video, Moye grins while suspended on a zip line high above the trees in Mexico.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2019
  • The zip line will allow two riders to fly down the mountain side by side for more than a mile, reaching speeds of up to 60 mph.
    — Hugo Martin, latimes.com, 29 June 2018
  • For even bigger kids, there’s a free zip line that will offer two lanes of rides more than 200 feet over the festival.
    — oregonlive, 13 July 2022

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