zonked

Example Sentences

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He doesn’t schedule any dinners that first week back and goes to bed at 5 p.m., if he is zonked.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 4, 2026

He said that by early evening, they were "zonked, but it's lovely".

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025

“I had the exact same problem as Juliet,” Hunt says, “but I was so zonked at the time, I just took the easy route for a while and reverted to purees and spoon-feeding.”

From The Guardian • Nov. 26, 2019

My wife and I transferred from a flight that arrived from Italy so we were already zonked.

From New York Times • May 23, 2016

We woke the next morning in Nairobi to blue skies and fresh energy, less zonked by the jet lag and feeling like our happy, regular selves.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama