How to Use zap in a Sentence

zap

1 of 2 verb

• The aliens in the movie zapped people from spaceships.
• The flowers were zapped by the cold weather.
• We tape the show so we can zap through the commercials.
• I zapped through the channels for a while before falling asleep.
• She reheated her muffin by zapping it in the microwave for a few seconds.
• In other ways, though, time has zapped some of the thriller’s zing.
  — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 17 Oct. 2019
• Cheryl Gill told me to zap it in the microwave it in the husk for three minutes.
  — Karina Bland, The Arizona Republic, 5 Aug. 2020
• Even so, this still topped the list for both ease of use and ability to zap out spots.
  — Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Jan. 2023
• The alcohol will zap the oily residue and grime left by a human hand.
  — Berit Thorkelson, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2022
• There’s an herbal, grassy finish here that belies the malt and zaps away some heft.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2019
• In the case of JagSat-1, that’s to zap the plasma with an electrical pulse and measure the results.
  — al, 31 Aug. 2022
• Closer to the edge, heat applied to the milk is better able to zap the bacteria.
  — Chase Purdy, Quartz, 8 Aug. 2019
• Plus a tape measure to get the tree diameters and a laser to zap tree heights.
  — Simon Lewis, Quartz Africa, 12 Mar. 2020
• The sample was then placed in an atom probe and zapped with a laser, displacing atoms one by one.
  — Sophie Lewis, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2020
• The song is just zapped of a lot of its energy because of the circumstances.
  — Maggie Fremont, EW.com, 27 Apr. 2020
• Just zap them for 15 seconds, slice, squeeze, and watch the juice inside unleash.
  — Paul Kita, Men's Health, 20 July 2022
• As Ellis fought back, one of the deputies zapped her with a stun gun and took her into custody, O’Dell said.
  — oregonlive, 11 Feb. 2020
• Still, something about the process can zap the creativity right out of us.
  — Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2021
• And then, the team’s occasional bullpen woes zapped them again.
  — Susan Slusser, SFChronicle.com, 18 July 2019
• Dampen the waffle cloth to remove dirt and grime and use the polishing cloth to zap streaks.
  — Carolyn Forté, Good Housekeeping, 15 Aug. 2023
• How does a mere set of sheets completely zap sweat and moisture?
  — Melissa Epifano, PEOPLE.com, 9 May 2022
• Now Johnson just has to hope that his party doesn't choose to zap him instead.
  — David Meyer, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2022
• The bolt looks like an instant flash but actually zaps up its path at one-third the speed of light.
  — Rob Verger, Popular Science, 10 Feb. 2020
• Why did ordinary people agree to zap a stranger with 450 volts?
  — Sam Sommers, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2020
• But my friend who bounces off the ceiling and talks constantly leaves me zapped in about 10 minutes.
  — Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2024
• Based on what’s shown in the trailer, the U.S.S. Enterprise gets zapped by a space anomaly which makes the crew break into song.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 July 2023
• His power has been zapped and his on-base prowess dampened.
  — Michael Shapiro, SI.com, 26 June 2019
• The main focus of the Fed right now is zapping the remaining sources of inflation.
  — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
• But that was before the pandemic zapped most of the internships up.
  — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 24 Apr. 2020
• Illustration by Justine Goode People are zapping their brains at home to improve focus and clear brain fog.
  — Nbc News Digital Art Department, NBC news, 21 Dec. 2023

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zap

2 of 2 noun

• Wait to dig the tubers until a killing freeze zaps all the foliage.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 July 2023
• With so little time between the switch of lights and the zap, the subjects still thought the center light was on.
  — Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 25 Mar. 2019
• Just make sure to do your research before your first zap.
  — Audrey Noble, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 July 2020
• After each zap, Dobbyn is pulled out of the MRI, questioned, and often asked to write on the paper again.
  — NBC News, 11 Feb. 2018
• The feeling was electric, the quick zaps and relief, the lingering pain and pleasure.
  — Irina Groushevaia, Bon Appétit, 19 Feb. 2020
• Two nights earlier, what felt like a brain zap jolted me awake.
  — Morgan Stephens, CNN, 23 July 2021
• But, unlike a team of costumed supervillains, they can’t be halted with a punch in the snoot or a zap from a ray gun.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 16 Aug. 2017
• The audience is less likely to zip, zap, or ignore ads when watched live.
  — Kirk Wakefield, Forbes, 7 July 2021
• Keeping them clean, though, might require something with a bit more zap.
  — Wired, 3 Dec. 2019
• With an electric zap, the liquid shifts forward; its body follows with the air sac acting like a tail.
  — Rasha Aridi, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Dec. 2021
• The trumpet of an elephant became the shriek of a TIE fighter; a high-tension wire struck with a hammer became the zaps of a blaster.
  — Darryn King, HWD, 15 Dec. 2017
• But one zap in the microwave and your crinkle cut inevitably becomes a wrinkled mess.
  — Katie Strasberg Rousso, Southern Living, 8 May 2021
• So some fish feel the zap of the barrier less, and others may not be impacted by the barrier at all and pass freely.
  — Carolyn Hagler, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2023
• The range can sense when a pan is on it and uses an electromagnetic field to zap heat into the metal.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2021
• And yet…Friedkin, for all his virtuosic kinesthetic vérité zap, was very much in thrall to the theater.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 6 Sep. 2023
• If this student has veered away from the assignment a few too many times, the teacher can take remote control of the device and zap the tab themselves.
  — Wired, 4 Aug. 2022
• Batters have to wear shock collars and the opposing team is allowed 10 zaps per inning.
  — Danny Hermosillo, Houston Chronicle, 20 Feb. 2020
• The hot dishes on Baumé’s menu ($98/person), including ora king salmon mousse wrapped in poached leek, required only a quick zap in the microwave.
  — Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Feb. 2021
• In the study, surgeons implanted a device that learned to detect when the patients had a craving to binge eat, and then deliver a small zap to the brain to lessen the craving.
  — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 30 Aug. 2022
• Think about the simple telegraph set, where one wire carries a signal that is transmitted one zap or quiet space at a time.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 29 Apr. 2022
• Indeed, the spectacle of the zap emerged from a community with strong ties to live performance.
  — Sascha Cohen, Smithsonian, 10 July 2018
• What a bright little treat for a chilly morning: a warm muffin, either freshly baked or given a quick zap, with a crunchy walnut top.
  — Kari Sonde, Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2019
• But after the skin-deep injection, researchers must hold a device over the spot that gives a little electrical zap.
  — NBC News, 9 Apr. 2020
• The 2-in-1 Pet Upholstery Tool works dry to pull out stubborn pet hair and wet to zap stains on furniture fabrics and mattresses.
  — Sarah Bogdan, Good Housekeeping, 19 Oct. 2020
• According to Yahoo, a Pittsburgh woman heard a zap from her headphones and felt a shock in her mouth earlier this year.
  — Brittney McNamara, Teen Vogue, 10 Dec. 2018
• Zapping that skin with electricity can actually feel like a zap to the hand.
  — WIRED, 10 Aug. 2023
• Pickard's happy hour crowd were swapping digital cash in milliseconds at one cent a zap.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 7 Feb. 2021
• In a setup to test learning rates, high-CREB flies knew, after one zap, to avoid a smell associated with getting shocked.
  — Michael Stone, Discover Magazine, 14 May 2018
• But the real stars are the, ahem, stars—pimple patches of various sizes that help zap zits quickly and gently without popping.
  — Garrett Munce, Men's Health, 11 Nov. 2022
• But bleach, a powerful cleaner, can be used to zap germs, brighten surfaces, and eliminate odors.
  — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Aug. 2022

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024