zone out

Example Sentences

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Could he zone out and listen to the entire Dylan catalog?

From The Wall Street Journal

“When I’m playing, it zones out,” Anna Leigh Waters says of that unmistakable, plastic pop, pop, pop distinct to the wildly popular paddle sport—and a bane to fussy condo boards everywhere.

From The Wall Street Journal

After a few minutes, she would zone out, and he would lose patience.

From The Wall Street Journal

He tries to zone out when it does.

From The Wall Street Journal

"I've spent most of my adult life in transit, and it's a beautiful record for zoning out the outside world," he says.

From BBC