bludged

Definition of bludgednext
past tense of bludge, chiefly Australian & New Zealand

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bludged
Verb
  • Williams prayed for relief, for someone to take Azari off his hands for a minute.
    Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Heath looked to the sky and prayed the flight would still take off.
    Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • With his stick stuck in his pads, Swayman took off his mask and implored Vasilevskiy to do the same.
    Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
  • Their comments came after Billie Eilish implored fellow A-listers to speak out about what’s going on in Minneapolis and other cities around the country.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 27 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • At first, police arrested the driver, but his wife begged Yolanda not to press charges.
    Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Liv Morgan begged for a tag, but she was outfoxed by a blind tag from Rhea Ripley.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Four of the sculptures, installed in a long line at Dan Colen’s Sky High Farm Biennial in upstate New York in summer 2025, conjured the sliced and schematized representations of bodily locomotion in Étienne-Jules Marey’s chronophotographs.
    Rachel Wetzler, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Chelsea needed a goal to sneak into the top eight, and had not conjured a shot on target since his first goal almost 20 minutes earlier.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Five human rights groups have petitioned Israel’s High Court of Justice to remove the ban.
    Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The Justice Department later petitioned a federal appeals court to compel the magistrate judge to issue additional arrest warrants, including one for Lemon, but that request was denied, the outlet reported.
    Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
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“Bludged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bludged. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.

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