Verb (used with object) : They zigzagged their course to confuse the enemy. From Dictionary.com.
Adverb : The child ran zigzag along the beach. From Dictionary.com.
Adjective : zigzag stitches. From Dictionary.com.
And what on earth do you mean in coming in here soused? we asked Archy as he zigzagged from the door to the desk. From Wordnik.com. [Archy has a Seizure] Reference
They had zigzagged across Scotland on their way up. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Scriptwriter]
John McCain has zigzagged from position to position. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 7, 2008] Reference
It made short dashes here and there, hesitated, zigzagged. From Wordnik.com. [The Radio Boys' First Wireless Or Winning the Ferberton Prize] Reference
Taxis honked and the sound zigzagged between the buildings. From Wordnik.com. [The Four Seasons] Reference
Flank-feathers zigzagged with faint transverse light brown lines. From Wordnik.com. [International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850] Reference
Our ship zigzagged generally north at a speed of about eight knots. From Wordnik.com. [Blood Brothers]
Beryl wrote her name mechanically in letters that zigzagged crazily. From Wordnik.com. [Red-Robin] Reference
Kirke zigzagged across a lawn dodging from tree to tree, -- Matters and. From Wordnik.com. [Sunny Slopes] Reference
She resumed walking and Mac zigzagged through another abandoned building. From Wordnik.com. [The Killing Hour]
Prices zigzagged from 1966 to 1983 -- rising and falling, with no net advance. From Wordnik.com. [Investor Faith Goes On Trial] Reference
In this way he zigzagged ahead, not daring to hope that a car would come along. From Wordnik.com. [The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare]
We zigzagged along and up the hill in increasingly wide arcs out from the tent. From Wordnik.com. [The Beekeeper's Apprentice]
None of the British cruisers zigzagged, because none had ever sighted a periscope. From Wordnik.com. [Castles of Steel]
At another point, it veered and zigzagged and flew between two of the skyscrapers. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 5, 2003] Reference
Once more he zigzagged, perfectly red, through the glittering snow in all his glory. From Wordnik.com. [The Perfect Fox] Reference
They zigzagged around sharp corners, getting teasing glimpses of million-dollar views. From Wordnik.com. [The Killing Hour]
Bridge after bridge, each a test of my courage, had zigzagged me slowly across the chasm. From Wordnik.com. [Shaman's Crossing]
Bugles sang cheerily; mules, linked in fives, were being zigzagged frowardly down to water. From Wordnik.com. [From Capetown to Ladysmith An Unfinished Record of the South African War] Reference
He shouted to his men to lie flat, then zigzagged through the fire to check their positions. From Wordnik.com. [House of War] Reference
Then they were on a narrower street that zigzagged through ranks of half-timbered buildings. From Wordnik.com. [A Fire Upon the Deep]
A series of lights in the sky zigzagged across the sky, dropped down a bit and then vanished. From Wordnik.com. [unclebob Diary Entry] Reference
By the time I had zigzagged it into the back chamber, Halicarnassus loomed up the back stairs. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863] Reference
(Young women's pay, although low, has zigzagged up since the Equal Pay Act was passed in 1963.). From Wordnik.com. [The Luck Of The Xers] Reference
The same stairway that led to the bridge doubled on itself and zigzagged up the rest of the way. From Wordnik.com. [The Short Line War] Reference
And the trail zigzagged up this narrow vent, so steep that only a few steps could be taken without rest. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference
It was a hovering round object which glowed with different colors and then it zigzagged all over the sky. From Wordnik.com. [Dorothy's Mystical Adventures in Oz] Reference
If they're not zigzagged like cards, they fall tightly together when a Hi-lo jerks the rack while lifting. From Wordnik.com. [Unfit - IV] Reference
The road proved to be exceedingly steep, and zigzagged in a remarkable way, with very sharp, angular turns. From Wordnik.com. [Ranching, Sport and Travel] Reference
Wires zigzagged up to the ceiling, attached to various technical and archaic machinery that fizzled impatiently. From Wordnik.com. [FOR SCIENCE!] Reference
From the second hole the run passed into the masonry once more, zigzagged upwards into the storeroom, and ended. From Wordnik.com. ["Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character] Reference
At the head of the bayou they reached higher ground and the path zigzagged through dense jungle thick with fan palms. From Wordnik.com. [Witch-Doctors] Reference
Thus he zigzagged across the borderland of civilization and led a most picturesque, but strictly honorable, double life. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908.] Reference
Having zigzagged from Paris to London and on to Ibiza, Leonard "dropped out" for several years before returning to London in 1988. From Wordnik.com. [Herman Leonard obituary] Reference
He zigzagged lightly down the hedgerow, catching the sunshine at every turn, and the marigolds drooped their heads at the sight of him. From Wordnik.com. ["Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character] Reference
Rich pasture extended along the line of trees that marked the serpentine course of the brook which zigzagged its way toward the southwest. From Wordnik.com. [Crossing the Plains, Days of '57 A Narrative of Early Emigrant Tavel to California by the Ox-team Method] Reference
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