zoned out
Example Sentences
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Unlike at the first trial, when Gordon would often sit looking zoned out with his eyes half shut, now he appeared emboldened.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2025
She seemed kind of zoned out, and she was drooling.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2022
Chris Pine even became an unlikely meme for various shots of him looking zoned out at a press conference.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2022
In South Central Fresno, a community nestled in the middle of California's San Joaquin Valley, residents discovered they'd been zoned out of their own homes years after it had happened.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2022
Then one day in science class, I was sitting in the back row, totally zoned out.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
