zigzag
noun
a line, course, or progression characterized by sharp turns first to one side and then to the other.
have zigzagged
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present perfectof zigzag.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Bill Callahan’s past few records have zigzagged between third-person narrative and personal reflection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025
Oil prices have zigzagged according to a script written weeks ago.
From US News ● Jan. 17, 2016
It must be sweet for Mr. McNally, whose own fortunes in the theater have zigzagged dramatically, to be able to have his cake and spit it out, too.
From New York Times ● Oct. 9, 2014
I guess maybe we could have zigzagged around some more and made it a little longer.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 19, 2011
He seems to have zigzagged between the normal and the eccentric.
From Uneasy Money by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
