zipper

Example Sentences

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As the tectonic plates shifted, the crust in this region was pulled apart and fractured, opening progressively from east to west, much like a zipper being undone.

From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026

Dressed in an auburn zipper sweater, he said not a word, expertly tilting his head this way, that way, profile, straight-ahead.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025

Throw it in a little plastic zipper baggie.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

Williams rode shotgun, his bug hooked onto the zipper of his backpack.

From Salon • Jan. 7, 2025

He gets up without another word, snatches his backpack, and fumbles with the tent’s zipper.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender