Example Sentences

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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