Adjective : zigzag stitches. From Dictionary.com.
Adverb : The child ran zigzag along the beach. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : They zigzagged their course to confuse the enemy. 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
We zigzagged along and up the hill in increasingly wide arcs out from the tent. From Wordnik.com. [The Beekeeper's Apprentice]
In this way he zigzagged ahead, not daring to hope that a car would come along. From Wordnik.com. [The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare]
At another point, it veered and zigzagged and flew between two of the skyscrapers. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 5, 2003] Reference
None of the British cruisers zigzagged, because none had ever sighted a periscope. From Wordnik.com. [Castles of Steel]
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
Then they were on a narrower street that zigzagged through ranks of half-timbered buildings. From Wordnik.com. [A Fire Upon the Deep]
He shouted to his men to lie flat, then zigzagged through the fire to check their positions. From Wordnik.com. [House of War] Reference
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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