How to Use zone out in a Sentence

zone out

verb
  • What’s your excuse for zoning out?
    — Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
  • But there’s still the creepy image of all these people lined up in a church, zoned out on this thing.
    — William Earl, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Here are eight shows that ‘90s kids couldn’t wait to tune in and zone out to after school!
    — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Here are eight shows that ‘90s kids couldn’t wait to tune in and zone out to after school!
    — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 22 June 2026
  • Lee often zones out in scenes, even when other people are talking to her.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 July 2024
  • 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
  • Here’s the best way to zone out and sprout some new hair—or hang onto your youthful hairline all the longer.
    — Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 8 May 2024
  • What about relaxing or zoning out?
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Instead of zoning out on your phone, be open to small moments of connection.
    — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Some ravers were too zoned out on psychedelics to realize what was happening and escape.
    — Gal Koplewitz Natan Odenheimer, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
  • But even these may still allow a driver to zone out, Walker Smith said.
    — Tom Krisher, ajc, 9 June 2022
  • The goal of present moment awareness is not to zone out, empty your thoughts, withdraw from the world or get high on life.
    — Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • 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
  • Everyone has their own way of relieving stress, zoning out from the hassles of day-to-day life.
    — Jim Clash, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • There are good acceleration zones out of the chicanes.
    — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2026
  • 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
  • Making line after line, dot after dot, Lopour feels her shoulders relax and her mind zone out.
    — Jenna Ross, Star Tribune, 15 Jan. 2021
  • As the orcas rammed the fragile inflatable, Lang zoned out again, but this time with a feeling of awe.
    — Tomas Weber, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2024
  • Plug in, zone out, leave that body of yours that’s folded uncomfortably into an economy seat.
    — Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 July 2024
  • 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 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
  • 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 helps break the loop of worried thinking, Kaimal says, crowding out anxious thoughts in a way that zoning out in front of a screen often can’t.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 21 Apr. 2026
  • In a possible foreshadowing of the teenage years to come, Timberlake and his boys zoned out while playing video games.
    — Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
  • No wonder the actresses in Valley of the Dolls (1967) zone out on drugs.
    — Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • The result is versatile tracks that are equally likely to make a crowd dance in a club or allow a solitary listener to zone out on their headphones.
    — Spin Contributor, SPIN, 24 June 2024
  • 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

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