How to Use zigzag in a Sentence

zigzag

1 of 2 noun

• The kids were running in circles and zigzags around the yard.
• He's wearing a shirt with red zigzags on it.
• Missoni and Saks have teamed up on a zigzag print Key to the Cure T-shirt ($35).
  — Alison S. Cohn, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2017
• The script was meant to be read in a zigzag fashion, from left to right and top to bottom.
  — Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 29 July 2019
• Lace the meat lengthwise in a zigzag through the bamboo skewer.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Aug. 2019
• The wire between the buds runs in a zigzag between two plastic pieces.
  — Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, 14 Sep. 2017
• Emily Evans Eerdmans: The first thing that jumped out at me is the jazzy zigzag in the living room.
  — Emily Evans Eerdmans, House Beautiful, 6 May 2012
• This happens because the bobbin thread ends up in a zigzag.
  — Vanessa Nirode, Popular Science, 10 Jan. 2020
• Once the animals are loaded, his boys will lead them up a zigzag out of Tawella’s ravine.
  — Alex Perry, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2021
• Why not take a zigzag journey through the state capitals?
  — Ted Widmer, Time, 17 Apr. 2020
• It’s been a bit of a zigzag for Parton since she was announced as a nominee on Feb. 2.
  — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 4 May 2022
• The zigzag ended at the pharynx of a cave, reminiscent of a human face with one eye.
  — Vladimir Sorokin, Harper's Magazine, 13 July 2022
• The two rented in Mercedes House, with its unique zigzag spiral design, in Hell’s Kitchen.
  — Joyce Cohen, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2017
• This zigzag pattern of sand movement is called littoral drift.
  — Teresa L. Carey, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2017
• The dress was open at the back, held together by only a zigzag string that continued from the thin shoulder straps.
  — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Mar. 2023
• This compels any wildfire to follow a zigzag path in search of fuel, travelling against the wind at least half the time.
  — Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2019
• Or cut dough into five zigzag strips and lay on top of pie filling, trimming excess.
  — Debbie Arrington, sacbee.com, 23 May 2017
• The bites are often found in clusters, either in a straight row or zigzag pattern, WebMD states.
  — Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 20 Oct. 2023
• Among the occupants of the site: a McDonald’s, a dental clinic, and a bank with a curious zigzag of a roof.
  — Lesley M.m. Blume, Town & Country, 25 Jan. 2023
• With the green dough sheets, use a succulent fondant cutter to create zigzag shapes.
  — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Oct. 2023
• The third sculpture has been carved and notched into a jaunty zigzag that hints at a hip-swaying human torso.
  — Leah Ollman, latimes.com, 4 June 2018
• There are no reports of the elm zigzag sawfly having caused the death of any elm trees, and species management options remain an area of study, per ODNR.
  — Zach Mentz, cleveland, 6 Sep. 2023
• Or, the edges can be secured by acid-free masking tape, binding strips, or machine zigzag stitches.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
• Roll on the paint in relatively straight lines, or do a zigzag to get paint onto the ceiling and then quickly follow by rolling in straight lines.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 16 June 2023
• Once plated, the eggplant is topped with translucent, deeply caramelized onion petals, almost blackened mint leaves and a final zigzag of kashk.
  — Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Sep. 2022
• Each zigzag and turn tells a geologic story of the region, such as a large flooding event or the opening of a nearby dam.
  — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 18 Aug. 2018
• Photos and video published by CNA and by witnesses on Facebook show the train’s white and red carriages splayed out in a zigzag pattern along a bend in the track.
  — Josh Chin, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2018
• Like the gold zigzags in Kaneko's kintsugi ceramics, the Akron show is the product of a happy accident.
  — Steven Litt, cleveland.com, 17 Feb. 2018
• Spirals are directions, and while a zigzag could mean water, a wavy line could refer to anything that flows—the wind, a river.
  — Hazlitt, 2 Aug. 2023
• In dramatic terms, 2020 is an exciting race with more zigzags that a slalom.
  — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 12 Feb. 2020

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zigzag

2 of 2 verb

• The player with the ball zigzagged back and forth down the field.
• A dirt road zigzags up the steep hill to our cabin.
• We saw a motorcycle zigzagging on the highway.
• The kids take over and hop through the ladder, leap the hurdles, zigzag around the cones and roll the medicine ball.
  — John Shea, SFChronicle.com, 5 Apr. 2020
• At the landfill, the sides are fractured, zigzagged with cracks.
  — Eric Boodman, STAT, 18 Apr. 2023
• The truck zigzagged through side streets for two hours to avoid Israeli tanks on the main road south.
  — Ghada Abdulfattah, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2024
• On the Vikings’ first play from scrimmage, Rush zigzagged the field for a 42-yard touchdown.
  — Daily Pilot, 18 Oct. 2019
• Large cracks zigzagged on the pavement around his house and on the concrete deck of the outdoor pool.
  — David Montero, latimes.com, 13 May 2018
• Franks zigzagged his way across the field before getting brought down at the 13-yard line.
  — Mark Long, star-telegram, 14 Oct. 2017
• The map showed a row of teeth, the route’s red line zigzagging up and down each block for almost two miles.
  — Hilary Oliver, Outside Online, 5 Apr. 2018
• Long lines zigzagged outside the entrance to the event’s expo hall.
  — WIRED, 2 Oct. 2023
• Others have hiked into the desert to follow the snake-like, zigzag path.
  — Giulia McDonnell Nieto Del Rio, latimes.com, 9 July 2019
• For the first three weeks of the month, Mercury will be zigzagging through your 10th house of career.
  — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Nov. 2023
• Trails would zigzag down the slope, connecting Ohio City to the river’s edge.
  — Steven Litt, cleveland, 19 Sep. 2021
• Kicking off in the northern part of Ward 4, the parade will zigzag throughout the streets.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 23 Nov. 2020
• The zigzagging Dumornay at times looked like the best player on the field.
  — Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 26 July 2023
• In The Gulf Stream, the artist seamlessly zigzags from present to future to past.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 25 Jan. 2020
• The ride's compact layout has three levels of track that zigzag out and back.
  — Arthur Levine, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2017
• The men sleep in private cabins that zigzag up a hillside.
  — Joshua Kaplan, ProPublica, 22 Sep. 2023
• Forman has had to change flooring twice as the EU zigzagged on that issue.
  — Cnaan Liphshiz, sun-sentinel.com, 11 Sep. 2019
• The dogs scamper straight up, but the mules have to zigzag their way, setting off small rockslides at each rum.
  — Bill Heavey, Field & Stream, 30 Dec. 2020
• Divide the rest of the hair into five equal sections with zigzag parts, starting with the hair around your face.
  — Stasha Harris, Cosmopolitan, 1 Mar. 2018
• Gordon zigzagged through the agility course, working on cuts and bursts.
  — Mike Digiovanna, latimes.com, 3 Sep. 2017
• Since he was tagged in February, Brunswick has zigzagged his way up the coast.
  — Lillian Reed, baltimoresun.com, 3 June 2019
• While the tonal midsole and outsole pay homage to the Fury, the mid-cut and zigzag design are reminiscent of the Kamikaze.
  — Yasmine Gray, Billboard, 5 Dec. 2017
• The night of the attack, just as the fireworks ended, Greg heard Sophie yell to him and his daughter to get out of the way of a zigzagging truck.
  — Pamela Falk, CBS News, 14 July 2017
• Most people zigzag their way to their own version of success.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 5 July 2022
• On Super Bowl Sunday, lines zigzag in front of the pub as hundreds of people wait for take-out wings.
  — Liz Biro, Indianapolis Star, 1 Nov. 2017
• Now trench lines zigzag across positions intended to replicate the battlespace in Ukraine.
  — Alex Horton, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2024
• Expect lots of wild poppies, Butterfly Mariposa lilies and zigzag larkspur.
  — John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024