Sentence examples for a zip of a from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "a zip of a" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to describe something that is quick or energetic, but the expression is not standard or widely recognized.
Example: "She had a zip of a personality that made everyone around her feel lively."
Alternatives: "a burst of" or "a spark of".

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If you know you'll be traveling through several climates, consider purchasing pants that turn into shorts with a zip of a zipper.

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Scales of mackerel decal the inside, here and there is a zip of dried blood.

Also: peaches, now coming off the trees as fat little flavor bombs, bursting with sugar and a zip of acidity.

He passed with the zip of a quarterback trying to impress a general manager at the N.F.L. combine.

The zip of a mosquito near her ear was a needling beauty.

By the time the show reached Washington, one critic said it had "all the zip of a dead flounder".

Files that have been compressed using this software are sometimes referred to has having been "zipped" or as zip files, but they should not be confused with files stored on a Zip disk (a type of storage medium made by the Iomega Corporation).

If the zucchini floats, weight it down with a zip tie, a piece of plastic, or a marble, but not metal.

With "a combination of power and timing so focused and potent that it generated 8,000 pounds of force… and, in the space of one thousandth of a second – the duration of contact – through the miracle of physics it converted the sizzling zip of an incoming 90mph baseball into an outgoing spheroid launched cloudward at 110mph".

In the case of someone searching for and finding a torrent or zip of an artist's music, the failure is a failure to interject with a legitimate option.

Previously, CodeGuard had simply downloaded a zip file of the contents of a website and presented its Time Machine in text-form, but now users can take advantage of a visual representation of their file mix, watching as their development support works on the site, etc.

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