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How to use zombie in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun

Zombie means a person, usually undead, animated by unnatural forces (such as magic), with no soul or will of his or her own, typically being slow, obedient, and harmless unless directed to be harmful. Example: “After working for 18 hours on the computer, I was a zombie.”

Examples of zombie by meaning

nounA person, usually undead, animated by unnatural forces (such as magic), with no soul or will of his or her own...

  • Betsy Connell: I don't know about zombies, doctor.1943, Curt Siodmak, Ardel Wray, I Walked with a Zombie (motion picture)

nounA dead person, reanimated through some fictional agency as a fungus, virus, or the like, that has an insatiable desire...

  • The zombies first show up 20 minutes in, after Melanie volunteers herself as the next child to mysteriously disappear in the middle of the night.2017 February 23, Katie Rife, “The Girl With All The Gifts tries to put a fresh spin on overripe zombie clichés”, in The Onion AV Club

nounA human being in a state of extreme mental exhaustion.

  • After working for 18 hours on the computer, I was a zombie.

nounSomeone or something that should be dead but is not.

  • I would advise anyone who does not share its politics — surely the great majority of gay men and lesbians — to shun NOLAG for the anachronistic zombie it is.1982 February 13, Wayne Dynes, “Unnatural”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 29, page 4

nounA person whose senses and faculties are severely dulled by drug use.

  • I'm worried about that guy on the corner, he is a fent zombie.

More sentences with zombie

  • Even though he's bit, of course the zombies would still chase him.From the entry bit
  • In the zombie movie, an army of the undead accosted some unsuspecting teenagers.From the entry undead
  • He got a few experience points by killing two zombies and two spiders.From the entry experience points
  • People who deny the inevitable zombie apocalypse have their heads in the sand.From the entry head in the sand
  • Zombies are aggressive once you are near them.From the entry aggressive
  • Until a child process is reaped, it may be listed in the process table as a zombie or defunct process.From the entry reap
  • I am extra careful while driving the car these days — these smartphone zombies can't be bothered to look up before crossing the street!From the entry smartphone zombie
  • That would see the disputes fizzle out into an industrial relations zombie - neither living nor dead.2023 March 8, Philip Haigh, “Comment: Give rail staff a pay vote”, in RAIL, number 978, page 3. From the entry fizzle out
  • The rewards for going along to get along serve the zombie institution.2023, Petra Mikulan, Michalinos Zembylas, Working with Theories of Refusal and Decolonization in Higher Education, page 2016. From the entry zombie institution
  • Instead, the university is a husk, an empty vessel, a zombie organization.2020, Tara Brabazon, Tiffany Lyndall-Knight, Natalie Hills, The Creative PhD: Challenges, Opportunities, Reflection. From the entry zombie organization
  • What lies outside may or may not be a zombie dystopia with well-placed hints of Brueghelian hellfire.2017 October 29, Guy Lodge, “DVD reviews: It Comes at Night, My Cousin Rachel, The Villainess and more”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry Brueghelian
  • I think someone took hufu.) It was us zombies against the fleshies.2017 January 25, Robert Michael “Bobb” Cotter, Vampira and Her Daughters: Women Horror Movie Hosts from the 1950s into the Internet Era…. From the entry hufu
  • The legal change in England and Wales will outlaw selling, manufacturing, renting or importing zombie knives.2016 August 15, “'Zombie knives' ban to come into force”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2023. From the entry outlaw
  • The best example of a zombie theory is the one-time giant of American sociological theory, structural functionalism.2016, George Ritzer, The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Sociology, page 105. From the entry zombie theory
  • Before he can answer, everyone starts busting zombie moves—because who doesn't love a zombie dance?2016, Pete Kalu, Zombie Xl: The Boy Who Got Sick of Warming the Bench. From the entry zombie dance
  • Finally, in our digital culture, “the zombie offers transmedial synergies for global entertainment corporations”.2015 August 17, Peter Conrad, “Zombies: A Cultural History review – a grave injustice”, in The Guardian. From the entry transmedial
  • At least the movies hadn't lied about how to permakill zombies.2014, Dana Fredsti, Plague World. From the entry permakill
  • If you’re playing on hard mode, be warned that zombies can break down wooden doors.2014, “Defending Your Home”, in How to Do Everything in Minecraft – 100% Unofficial & Independent, London: MagBook, Dennis Publishing…. From the entry hard mode
  • Danny Boyle, patient zero of the zombie revival, reviews The Walking Dead.2013 April 20, “Populist: Items of interest this week”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN…. From the entry patient zero
  • Zombie Snow-White and zombie Bo-Peep picnicked alongside Zombie hobbits and Hogwartians.2013, Jennifer Rutherford, Zombies, London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 3. From the entry Hogwartian
  • It is important to note that zombies are not cognizant life forms.2011 April 30, United States Strategic Command, CONPLAN 8888-11 "COUNTER-ZOMBIE DOMINANCE" (PDF), archived from the original on 15 Mar…. From the entry cognizant
  • Harrison Bradlow is an avid zombie aficionado, as well as fan of most things dorktastic.2011, Harrison Bradlow, “About the Author”, in If It Still Has a Head, It Isn’t Quite Dead: A Book of Poetry on Zombies, Vampires…. From the entry dorktastic
  • The beginning of the zombie dance is driven by the hypnotic rhythms of multiple drums.2011, Stephanie Leigh Batiste, Darkening Mirrors. From the entry zombie dance
  • Zombie organizations are notorious for launching and dying at lightning pace.2011, Matt Mogk, Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Zombies, page 270. From the entry zombie organization
  • I do not think that any major U.S. bank is currently a zombie institution.2010, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Budget, Economic and Budget Challenges for the Short and Long Term, page 27. From the entry zombie institution
  • But don't zombies exist in real life— such as the Haitian zombies called “sleepwalkers" ?2008, Christian de Quincey, Consciousness from Zombies to Angels. From the entry sleepwalker
  • He lifted his hand in a knockback spell, which would send me sailing right into the zombie.2006, Kelley Armstrong, Broken, unnumbered page. From the entry knockback
  • Vee luff Mickey and his beeg juicy eyes, (zombie eyes) and Minny with her sharp handnails.2006, David White, “The Hangman’s Picnic”, in Hell’s Flowers: Hell’s Flowers, Birds of Paradise & The Hangman’s Picnic, Xlibris, →ISBN…. From the entry handnail
  • What makes these zombie businesses so deceptive is that they are usually happy zombies.2004, Sydney Finkelstein, Why Smart Executives Fail. From the entry zombie business
  • The antidote for zombies requires that sangomas reunite the zomboid spirits with their bodies.2003, Brett Bailey, “The Horror! The Horror!”, in The Plays of Miracle & Wonder: Bewitching Visions and Primal High-jinx from the South…. From the entry sangoma
  • Japan’s policies, followed for decades, created thousands of zombie companies.2025 October 13, Allison Schrager, “A Zombie Economy Could Be America's Future”, in Bloomberg Opinion, archived from the original on 13…. From the entry QE
  • The danger for the US is that financial repression, pursued on a large scale, would create a zombie economy.2025 October 13, Allison Schrager, “A Zombie Economy Could Be America's Future”, in Bloomberg Opinion, archived from the original on 13…. From the entry QE
  • Humans who are infected by the Reapers mutate into "Husks," which look like zombies covered with visible blue cybernetic parts.2023, Sarah Stang, “Desirable and Undesirable Cyborg Bodies in the Mass Effect Video Game Trilogy”, in Julia A. Empey, Russell J. A.…. From the entry me
  • Romero–style zombie movies in a blender with a comedy about a man-child who just needed to grow up.2021 October 29, David Sims, “When a Film’s Message Doesn’t Match Its Spectacle”, in The Atlantic. From the entry rom-zom-com
  • That soothing old pop of zombie heads from Resident Evil 4 hits different when you're lying in bed.2020 March 3, Gene Park, “Best gaming console ever: Nintendo Switch reigns 3 years after debut”, in The Washington Post, archived from the…. From the entry hit different

Meaning of zombie

  1. noun A person, usually undead, animated by unnatural forces (such as magic), with no soul or will of his or her own, typically being slow, obedient, and harmless unless directed to be harmful.
  2. noun A dead person, reanimated through some fictional agency as a fungus, virus, or the like, that has an insatiable desire to eat living humans, typically depicted as aggressive, fast moving, and infectious.
  3. noun An apathetic or slow-witted person.

Full definition of zombie

Questions about zombie in a sentence

How do you use zombie in a sentence?
Zombie is used as a noun. For example: “After working for 18 hours on the computer, I was a zombie.”
What is a short sentence with zombie?
“Betsy Connell: I don't know about zombies, doctor.”
What does zombie mean?
Zombie means a person, usually undead, animated by unnatural forces (such as magic), with no soul or will of his or her own, typically being slow, obedient, and harmless unless directed to be harmful.

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