booked

past tense of book

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of booked Gracie had not been spayed by her previous owner and had been booked in to have the procedure. Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025 Enriquez said the man would be booked into jail on felony charges. Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 25 Oct. 2025 That goal is now within reach after Toronto booked its place in the best-of-seven World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, with Game 1 set for Friday in Toronto. Frank Nunns O'Connell 15 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025 The museum also has an experimental concrete house designed by award-winning architect Dave Sellers that can be booked for stays. Megan Margulies, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2025 Ashley was booked into the Johnson County Jail for interfering with public duties and was released from jail the next morning, the affidavit states. Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2025 Officers arrested the 37-year-old Fairfield man and booked him into jail on felony counts of assault, child endangerment and hate crime, according to police. Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 24 Oct. 2025 On April 9, authorities took a sample of DNA from Charon when he was booked into the Bexar County jail on charges of felony criminal mischief. Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025 The Atletico forward looked in serious distress and was carried off on a stretcher after Janssen’s sliding challenge, for which she was initially booked. Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for booked
Verb
  • The high end is reserved for those engaged in strength programs or strenuous workouts.
    Cynthia Sass, Health, 28 Oct. 2025
  • This advanced machine is typically reserved for cosmic research, but it was used for medical purposes in this study.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Carolina offensive linemen Cade Mays (ankle), Taylor Moton (knee) and Brady Christensen (Achilles) all exited the contest early with injuries.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The core team of executives that helped shepherd Sheridan’s rise have mostly exited the company.
    William Earl, Variety, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In 1873 twenty-two-year-old Edward Walter Maunder was hired as the spectroscopic assistant for this program.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Woodward was the one who hired Fisher at Texas A&M.
    Chris Vannini, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • While lawmakers hope to build a new prison, Evers' plan calls for changes to other facilities to house those incarcerated who would have to be moved if Green Bay closes.
    Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The discovery of the solar cycle now moved Carrington to undertake a rigorous study of sunspots that soon earned him a reputation as Britain’s premier solar observer.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Michaelson, who departed Fox’s Los Angeles affiliate last summer, makes the case for a West Coast-centric show.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Unlike the innumerable photons from sunlight, perhaps a dozen per second trickle through my cornea from this distant messenger, having departed it years ago, colliding with my photoreceptors and ending their unlikely journey.
    Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Washington got some more concerning news just hours before kickoff on Monday.
    Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Her partner's mom got OP's daughter a gift, but none of her partner's siblings did.
    Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • After previously awarded National Endowment for the Humanities grants to organizations around the country were canceled in April, Wisconsin Humanities went into survival mode and launched an emergency fundraising campaign.
    Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • On the beauty front, Nader styled her blond hair in loose waves and went with a dewy makeup look.
    Kelsey Stewart, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • So Allen took the snap, scanned the field, found no open receivers and bailed right, his eyes still sifting through layers of zone.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
  • When Zeev Buium bailed on a check from Colton Parayko, there Gustavsson was moments later to save the day.
    Michael Russo, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025

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“Booked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/booked. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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