bogeys

variants also bogies
plural of bogey

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of bogeys Charlie carded a 4-over 76 in the first round, with three birdies and seven bogeys. Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025 Defending his title in 2006, Woods limped to the finish with bogeys on the last two holes but still defeated David Toms and Camilo Villegas by a stroke. Tim Corlett, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025 MacIntyre made bogies on the first, third and fifth holes to card a sloppy 38 on his front nine. Bennett Conlin, Baltimore Sun, 17 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bogeys
Noun
  • Other introspective angles are explored during Mariano’s audiences with his friend the Pope (Rufin Doh Zeyenouin), a serene Black man with a head crowned by a bundle of silver dreads, who tools around the Vatican on a motorbike.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The thrill of talking to ghosts is intoxicating at first, until one of them pushes things too far and invites something sinister into their lives.
    Emy LaCroix, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Not ghosts, not demons, not Nun, not even Nun II.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But behind this battle royale lies a deadly conspiracy that forces them to face off against each other and the demons of their past.
    Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Having been beaten by Iga Świątek in a historically dominant fashion in the Wimbledon final, Anisimova banished some of those demons by beating the Polish star in the quarterfinals to advance to the final four.
    Ben Morse, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But the new film, set in 1986, finds the Warrens dealing with a bunch of personal matters, as well as a Pennsylvania family haunted by a mirror cursed with malevolent spirits.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Founded in London in 1969, the IWSC is renowned for its rigorous blind tastings and expert judging panels, which annually evaluate thousands of entries across all major spirits categories.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Dealing with internal conflicts of identity while being threatened by external enemies is not unique to Israel.
    Ron Scherf, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
  • In the scope of housework, hard water stains are high on the list of public enemies in my home.
    Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Fischer says the play resulted from Kirk’s sense, on a relatively recent return from Los Angeles to visit his old haunts, that much of old Chicago had disappeared.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Cliff is anxiously avoiding a pop-up comedy night being held at one of his old haunts, organized by one of his old stand-up pals.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Paranoia-inducing fictions like Wells’s aside, the public came to view Martians not as monsters but as representatives of a higher civilization—as angels, even, at a time when new science was shaking old religious certainties.
    Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Polar Wishes Collection Celebrate the season with traditional holiday motifs, such as light-up angels, presents, and snowmen.
    Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • From Hertz's controversial AI vehicle scanners to hotel vape detectors, to airline pricing algorithms possibly jacking up fares, these systems operate in the shadows while your wallet takes a hit.
    Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Two Pianos begins in the thick of night, saturated in the sepia shadows of the Vieux Lyon quarter’s historic architecture and cobblestone streets, and moves gradually toward a crisp autumn light.
    Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025

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