zig-zag

[ US /ˈzɪɡˌzæɡ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. having short sharp turns or angles
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How To Use zig-zag In A Sentence

  • Zig-zag roads and serpentine rivers criss-crossing different valleys of this far-flung district, make the landscape even more fascinating.
  • Its zig-zag course and the steep cliffs on either side make a two-hour raft trip down the river an adventurous experience.
  • Get those legs working on the 'steepish zig-zag' climb, which is part of the four-mile walk. Times, Sunday Times
  • A faint track through the crowberry scrub led to a rightwards sloping ramp of black slabs which seemed to give way to a series of zig-zags amongst some large blocks.
  • Early Sunday morning the guests poured down the zig-zag in a living cataract on the one side, and flocked from the valleys on the other – from Hoti, from Kastrati and Boga, all in their best – men first, their women following. High Albania
  • From the end of it a small wand planted here and there showed where the path zig-zagged from tuft to tuft of rushes among those green-scummed pits and foul quagmires which barred the way to the stranger. The Seriously Deranged Writer and the Model Cars
  • Thread the pieces of chicken in a zig-zag fashion on to the metal or bamboo skewers and set to one side.
  • From the bealach we climbed up through some trees to a rocky knoll from where another path eventually zig-zagged its way to the grassy summit.
  • A faint track through the crowberry scrub led to a rightwards sloping ramp of black slabs which seemed to give way to a series of zig-zags amongst some large blocks.
  • A quarter of a mile further on, at the eastern limb of the bay, the path descended steeply, zig-zagging across the cliff face to a stretch of beach to the east of Holland Point.
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