was zoning

• past progressive

  past progressive

  Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.

  of zone.
  zone

  noun

  any continuous area that differs in some respect, or is distinguished for some purpose, from adjoining areas, or within which certain distinctive circumstances exist or are established: The temperature lies outside the danger zone.

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was zoning

She was zoning out in math class, she said, and it struck her that she could understand what a classmate was saying across the room, even though she couldn’t hear a word.

From New York Times ● Jun. 14, 2023

By one o’clock in the afternoon everyone was zoning out and one person was literally asleep.

From Forbes ● Sep. 5, 2014

At least I thought she was zoning back in.

From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds

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