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Zigzagging meaning
present participle and gerund of zigzag
Using Zigzagging
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of zigzag
- In the example corpus, zigzagging often appears in combinations such as: and zigzagging, zigzagging back, of zigzagging.
Context around Zigzagging
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 8 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Zigzagging
- In this selection, "zigzagging" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, seen, elephants, streets, stance and sandstone stand out and add context to how "zigzagging" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include beams are zigzagging back and and destroyers without zigzagging but without. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "zigzagging" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with zigzagging
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The flight displays begin as the male pursues the female, who flies in zigzagging evasive patterns. (16 words)
The narrow, steep and zigzagging streets of Frigiliana are a reflection of its deep Muslim embodied in its urban layout. (20 words)
Due to its vertical climb, the same distance is equivalent to several miles of zigzagging roads if travelled by car. (20 words)
The vessel has been zigzagging in the eastern Mediterranean since it was released from the British overseas territory of Gibraltar on August 18, after being held for six weeks on suspicion it was delivering oil for Tehran’s ally Damascus. (40 words)
There’s a laser design in which the laser beams are zigzagging back and forth, and someone noted that the pattern that the beams make looks like frogs’ legs; so this has been dubbed the frog legs laser. (38 words)
I don’t mean to disparage the male comedians in my industry – some of them are wonderful, hands on dads – but I don’t see the same level of zigzagging back and forth. (33 words)
Example sentences (15)
The narrow, steep and zigzagging streets of Frigiliana are a reflection of its deep Muslim embodied in its urban layout.
There’s a laser design in which the laser beams are zigzagging back and forth, and someone noted that the pattern that the beams make looks like frogs’ legs; so this has been dubbed the frog legs laser.
I don’t mean to disparage the male comedians in my industry – some of them are wonderful, hands on dads – but I don’t see the same level of zigzagging back and forth.
The pair were 'zigzagging' between shoppers with the victim shoving people out of the way until to her horror he was caught.
It then took an “unusual route” towards Lord Howe Island and was seen “zigzagging” through waters as it moved towards Newcastle.
That spirit of collaboration has been repeatedly put to the test in recent days, with the elephants zigzagging between Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire, accompanied by rangers from the respective countries.
Johnson had one of the jamboree’s most exciting plays, breaking tackles and zigzagging his way for a TD run of about 70 yards in the second half.
The vessel has been zigzagging in the eastern Mediterranean since it was released from the British overseas territory of Gibraltar on August 18, after being held for six weeks on suspicion it was delivering oil for Tehran’s ally Damascus.
Democrats were using his zigzagging stance in immigration talks — first encouraging deals, then rejecting them — to underscore his first, chaotic year in office.
One of the most striking biking options is along the Meiringspoort, a paved road hemmed in by zigzagging sandstone walls, which crosses the Groot River 25 times.
Due to its vertical climb, the same distance is equivalent to several miles of zigzagging roads if travelled by car.
He recorded in his log, "Enemy bows on, 10 degrees to starboard, without destroyers, without zigzagging," but without any torpedoes, could only submerge and avoid them.
In Portugal, King Manuel's zigzagging policies continued, still trapped by the constraints of real-time medieval communication between Lisbon and India and unaware that Afonso was dead.
The flight displays begin as the male pursues the female, who flies in zigzagging evasive patterns.
These typically start near the center of vision and then spread out to the sides with zigzagging lines which have been described as looking like fortifications or walls of a castle.
Common combinations with zigzagging
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and zigzagging 2×
- zigzagging back 2×
- of zigzagging 2×