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Example sentences for "zagging"

Lexicographically close words:
zada; zadah; zafar; zag; zagged; zaggisi; zags; zaid; zak; zal
  1. Very startlingly as she watched, a brand new thought went zig-zagging through her consciousness.

  2. Instantly across the face of the little crippled girl already ensconced in the tonneau a single flash of light went zig-zagging crookedly from brow to chin,--and was gone again.

  3. But zig-zagging made it necessary to capture each turn separately.

  4. His compass appears to swing violently to and fro, when really it is his machine that is zig-zagging under his unsteady guidance.

  5. That road zig-zagging up the cliffs probably leads to the houses.

  6. But when they topped the rise and began to follow the zig-zagging road down the cliff, the sight of blue water below cheered him considerably.

  7. They were just lumps of ice, and I felt very guilty, for it was all my zig-zagging and swinging about that had done it.

  8. The Laconia sailed on a constantly zig-zagging course.

  9. We scud across a broad, level road built well above the lowland, and climb through zig-zagging avenues of stately poplars to the tunnel that pierces the backbone of the next ridge.

  10. We seemed to be for hours and hours without end tacking to and fro, now going up the river two or three miles, then dropping down with the tide, and always zig-zagging so as to cover as much ground as possible.

  11. Zig-zagging wildly, bouncing like a ball, the machine shot over the ice.

  12. At the end of the first block Ford turned the car successfully, and rode down the side street, zig-zagging widely from side to side in his effort to drive straight ahead.

  13. Hastily reloading the Colt as he ran, the puncher dashed forward again, zig-zagging to avoid being hit.

  14. For a dozen yards it runs evenly and straight, then a few close prints straggle to and fro, zig-zagging hither and yon for a distance, finally going on straight again.

  15. The heat will go then, blown from the land by the gigantic blast of the typhoon, zig-zagging up the coast from Formosa.

  16. No more zig-zagging up the rue de la Gaiétè.

  17. His eyes shone like stars as he stared at the crest of the mountain, for there, sharp and distinct against a clear, black night sky, a flash of light went zig-zagging away.

  18. When they were all connected and hung down from a tall tree they made quite a long, zig-zagging line.

  19. It would be wiser for them to run down, to the bottoms of those gashed and tortuous gullies, and escape by zig-zagging along the dry stream beds.

  20. Franche-Comté is rich in zig-zagging mountain roads of daring construction, and none are more wonderful than this.

  21. If we hadn't that for a guide, we might go zig-zagging all about, and be obliged to spend a night amidst the saltpetre; perhaps three or four of them.

  22. The thunder, which had been rumbling in the distance, now began to roar loudly, while flashes of forked lightning came zig-zagging through the air, threatening every instant to strike the ship.

  23. Several times it appeared as if the ship herself would be struck, as the forked lightning, bursting from the mass of dark clouds above, went zig-zagging over the summits of the waves.

  24. They worked slowly to the crest of the sand roll, zig-zagging to break the steepness.

  25. Evidently putting on her best effort at speed the steamship was moving forward fast in a zig-zagging course.

  26. Two hours passed during which the "blimp" aloft sailed rapidly to and fro in the sky, zig-zagging over the course in a way that covered several square miles in an hour.

  27. Over the hills beyond the barn a number of horses were galloping, with streaming manes and tails, and behind them was Joe, zig-zagging back and forth, occasionally snapping forward the end of his trailing rope to hurry up the laggards.


  28. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "zagging" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.