belays

present tense third-person singular of belay

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for belays
Verb
  • The carry handles each have a magnetic piece that then clips together to form a single bar to grasp.
    Adam Campbell-Schmitt, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 Sep. 2025
  • For messing up, Martha clips Gabriel’s wings, forcing him to live life as a human, with a new casual wardrobe to match and a taste for fast food.
    Michael Rechtshaffen, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The choice also ties back to his ongoing collaboration with Adidas, a partnership that’s stretched across performance silhouettes and lifestyle drops.
    Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Burt dissects every era and ties the albums to work by literary greats.
    Bryan West, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Dow clinches record high The Dow on Friday clinched its first closing record high of the year.
    John Towfighi, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • When the sky darkens, her stomach clenches.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
  • In a similar way, a man who is defiant stiffens his neck, squares his shoulders, lowers his brows, and clenches his fists with his knuckles forward.
    Big Think, Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Parsley is a biennial that quickly bolts and dies the second year, and since second-year parsley is bitter, it’s typically grown as an annual.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Here, Lloyd clamps a muzzle — part fetish club, part Bane — over Lucky’s mouth while Pozzo pushes him in a wheelchair (the actor, Michael Patrick Thornton, uses a chair).
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
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“Belays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belays. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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