How to Use zoom in in a Sentence

zoom in

phrasal verb

• This mode produces the sharpest pictures and leaves room to zoom in and frame the shot a bit.
  — Eric Zeman, PCMAG, 16 Apr. 2024
• The mom of six zoomed in on her son’s face and whooped at the end of the clip in celebration.
  — Jill Lupupa, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2023
• Prices zoomed in the spring of 2022, stayed elevated and then jumped to record highs in the fall.
  — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2023
• The trio zoomed in from the parking lot of a Sally’s Beauty Store in Seattle.
  — Suzy Exposito, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2023
• The move means users will be able to set a custom zoom value and zoom in and out via a zoom slider.
  — Marco Marcelline, PCMAG, 5 June 2023
• The camera zooms in to get a better view of the scooter, which sits by its lonesome in the parking spot.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2024
• But please, for the love of all things holy, zoom in on Cardi's face, because her makeup is not to be missed.
  — Marci Robin, Allure, 7 May 2024
• The show zooms in one member of the JAIC, obsessed with finding the cause for the catastrophe.
  — Marta Balaga, Variety, 14 Oct. 2023
• Note: Click on a map to make a magnifying glass icon appear to zoom in.
  — Usa Today Network, The Indianapolis Star, 25 July 2023
• Strangers zoomed in on the woman’s face, rushing to identify her.
  — Bishop Sand, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2024
• The camera lingers on Marilyn grasping the hand of her spouse, Karen, and zooms in on a shelf in their home, loaded with books about grief.
  — Time, 7 July 2023
• The mom of two posted a second photo with the camera zoomed in to show the redness and small bumps on her upper lip and on her chin.
  — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2024
• But as the camera zooms in, the record player becomes a stage for Celie to express herself and her emotions.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 11 Dec. 2023
• There would be more microphones thrust at them and cameras zooming in for close-ups.
  — Riley Robinson, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Feb. 2024
• Its powerful camera can zoom in tight enough to read a license plate.
  — Ken Dilanian, NBC News, 5 July 2023
• Much of both videos centered on talking about, or zooming in on, stains on the garage floor and spatter on a black SUV in the garage that appeared to be blood.
  — Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 12 Jan. 2024
• The camera then zooms in on Friedman, sitting in a seminar room.
  — Kim Phillips-Fein, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023
• When a smartphone app can zoom in to street level in an instant, what point is there in consulting a large, bulky sphere?
  — Michael O’Donnell, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2023
• As the camera zooms in, shadows transform into a vision in red.
  — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 25 Aug. 2023
• Camera-wielding reporters zipped through the narrow aisles like bees, zooming in on faces and hands.
  — Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2024
• Writing short stories, for me, is all about zooming in on something.
  — Dennis Zhou, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
• Here are a few zoomed in maps with data from the last week (latest data through yesterday on the bottom map).
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2023
• Then, the camera zooms in to show that a snake is coiled up underneath the toy before Morrison lifts the toy to reveal the entire snake.
  — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
• The Gossip Girl alumnus even went a step further to prove it, zooming in on her smiling face in the photo's background.
  — Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 13 Nov. 2023
• For trial, investigators slowed down parts of the video and zoomed in on others.
  — Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2023
• The camera zooms in to capture that visual, which clearly evokes a pornographic trope.
  — Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 18 Apr. 2024
• The advances in phones seem to be confined to the camera — this year’s model can zoom in on the Mars rover, but next year’s model will be able to see the condition of its tire treads!
  — James Lileks, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
• Both models get new sensors across the camera array, though the iPhone 15 Pro Max adds a telephoto camera that can zoom in up to 5x.
  — Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, 12 Sep. 2023
• Victoria then zoomed in on the retired athlete and his farmyard flock peeking out of a large wooden coop.
  — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 30 Dec. 2023
• In the first clip, the drone pans along the street and zooms in and out on large numbers of people crowding around what look like several aid trucks, while others mill around nearby.
  — Leila Sackur, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024