estivated

variants or aestivated
past tense of estivate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for estivated
Verb
  • Gatlin paid an Atlanta audiovisual contractor $2 million, who then kicked back $1 million to her, according to court records.
    Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Everything froze in time until the ball crashed against the foul pole and kicked back into the playing field, making the stadium sound like the old place across the street sounded in the dynastic nineties.
    Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The couple dozed like babies in the leaves—that cry, that wail, had become their sleep trigger.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
  • So Ronny sat up front while Cali dozed in the back, and the trio didn’t speak as the truck cut through the morning.
    Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The company idled operations on the blast furnace, the basic oxygen furnace steel shop and continuous casting, blaming a weak auto market for the decision to idle.
    Jamie L. LaReau, Freep.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The men idled in the home’s marble and gold foyer alongside a gaggle of other visitors waiting to meet one of Manhattan’s most mysterious businessmen.
    Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
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“Estivated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/estivated. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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