beaning

present participle of bean

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for beaning
Verb
  • Crime in the city has become the top issue in the mayor's race after some high-profile incidents this summer, including the stabbing death in June of an Over-the-Rhine gym owner in his own home.
    Quinlan Bentley, Cincinnati Enquirer, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Michael Anthony Arredondo, 34, is charged in suspicion of first-degree murder in the June 2017 stabbing death of 25-year-old Evin Paulos.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • That album cut, originally featured on OK Computer, became a hit seemingly out of nowhere earlier this year after spearing like wildfire on TikTok.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • His slashing playing style caught Lorch’s eye at a tournament in the summer of 1991, and the 13-year-old was soon on a plane with future pros Erick Barkley and Stephon Marbury to an event in Arizona.
    Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Milei has repeatedly wielded a chainsaw on stage to promote slashing spending, but his agenda, which also includes deregulation and free-market reform, has led to a volatile peso currency and seen investors aggressively dump Argentine stocks and bonds.
    Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • After the clubbing scandal, the Finnish media, which had already dubbed her Party Sanna, began ramping up its coverage of Marin’s off-the-clock activities.
    Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The Western world is experiencing something of a psychedelic renaissance, with an increasing amount of interest in drugs that decades ago were considered rebellious and dangerous to some groups but fun to others who used it while clubbing and attending raves.
    Soph Warnes, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Newcastle were back in the Champions League after an absence of two decades and Howe was determined to drain energy-sapping emotion from a daunting opening tie against Milan.
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • That’s so precious to me right now, and the idea of producing a lot of stuff — and sapping all of that free time — is not appealing.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The New York Jets are flailing, still trying to crack the seal for their first win of 2025.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • According to the Money Doctor, the administration’s interest in a plan that would substitute the dollar for the flailing Argentine peso has greatly intensified in recent weeks as Milei’s political fortunes have weakened.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Sarah Jessica Parker and Amy Sedaris were sitting front row, with Parker whipping out her phone to film Reese.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
  • While summer may be over, nothing is stopping you from whipping this thing out for the holiday season.
    Wilder Davies, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • What To Know The Philippines' inter-agency National Task Force on the West Philippine Sea on Monday released drone footage showing a Chinese coast guard ship lashing a Philippine boat with its water cannon.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Coastal areas of suburban Long Island could see flooding, with up to 3 inches (about 8 centimeters) of rain and lashing winds expected, the weather service said.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
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“Beaning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beaning. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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