bogey

variants also bogie or bogy

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of bogey But with a shaky swing that led to two bogeys, and with Rahm making three birdies in a four-hole stretch around the turn, they were tied when Scheffler got to the 10th tee. Doug Ferguson, Mercury News, 19 May 2025 But with a shaky swing that led to two bogeys, and with Rahm making three birdies in a four-hole stretch around the turn — they were tied when Scheffler got to the 10th tee. Doug Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 18 May 2025 During that round of 76, Koepka carded six bogeys and a double bogey. Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2025 Keith Mitchell lowered the record by four strokes after carding nine birdies and no bogeys for a 9-under 61. Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for bogey
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bogey
Noun
  • At night, the power was often cut, and guards would scream threats into the darkness, heightening dread and disorientation.
    Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 20 May 2025
  • Anxiety is a feeling of fear and dread, often triggered by stressful situations, uncertainty, and perceived threats.12 People whose anxiety does not go away or gets worse over time may have an anxiety disorder.
    Emmanuella Ogbonna, Health, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • Her mother stalked the perimeter of the grave, faced with a philosophical question: how to take pictures of the ass of a ghost.
    Patricia Lockwood, New Yorker, 18 May 2025
  • One of my first ideas was wondering how a ghost could exist in contemporary society.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • Coming from an impoverished family, Ding eagerly took part in public humiliation rallies against teachers, intellectuals, government officials and others labeled as enemies of Mao’s vision.
    Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 12 May 2025
  • Asking everyone else to leave, the two enemies have a private conversation that finally gets Faye out of Specter Litt Williams for good.
    Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • The story of this production is like an inversion of the play’s: Oldman, 67, fondly revisiting a haunt of his youth in the twilight of an illustrious career, plays Krapp, an unsuccessful writer who, on his 69th birthday, looks back at his past self and sees only abject failure.
    Houman Barekat, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
  • With an influx of fancy cocktail haunts, $12 craft beers and natural wine bars, can dive bars stand the test of time?
    Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In that spirit, here are 11 essential tips to sharpen your skills, take the edge of the early slog, and unlock your full potential while going medieval on demons.
    Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
  • Angie is constantly fighting her many other demons.
    Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • One of the chief bugaboos for fossil fuel interests is a movement among the states to create Superfund-like programs that would require polluters to pay for damages caused by climate change disasters.
    Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
  • The good news: Shelter prices, last year’s bugaboo, appear to be heading down, economists note.
    Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Each finger sported its own unique, cherubic nail art, with plump baby angels fluttering across her nails.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 12 May 2025
  • The report shows that pre-seed investors, both angels and VCs, are demanding more than a compelling narrative.
    Carrie Rubinstein, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • Others get their start in spring and plague the summer lawn.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2025
  • That said, consumption changes continue to plague cable.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 28 Mar. 2025

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“Bogey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bogey. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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