booked

past tense of book

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of booked The three men were booked into the Sheriff Al Cannon Detention Center in Charleston County. — New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026 The four men were booked with conspiracy to commit a crime and theft. — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 He was booked into Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center Wednesday on a second-degree murder charge and is being held without bond, according to jail records. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026 But the Bakkers also booked unlikely celebrities, including singer Little Richard, Black Panther Eldridge Cleaver and Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt. — John Wigger, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026 Barr was booked into Orange County jail Tuesday on suspicion of vehicle theft, vandalism and trespassing, said Sgt. — Breaking News, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026 More than 92 percent of those arrests were booked as felonies, according to NYC Open Data. — Daniel Edward Rosen, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026 They were booked to play a string of gigs late last month, including a high-profile slot at New York’s CBGB Festival, until they were all wiped out by that East Coast storm. — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026 He was booked at the Placer County Jail and was released later Thursday morning after posting a $10,000 bail bond, jail record show. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for booked
Verb
  • Reynolds transformed a young Pacific Islander into a monumental figure of European portraiture, giving Mai the grandeur and authority normally reserved for the elite.
    — Saar Shahar, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026
  • For years, its location was kept secret, with entry reserved for those who managed to secure an invitation.
    — Alessia Armenise, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The new walkers moved even more slowly to emphasize their enormous weight.
    — Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The alleged rivalry between Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle was seemingly dying down—but then Meghan and Prince Harry moved back to the UK.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 15 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Alejandro Diaz, whom Xuan hired as an eviction manager for his real estate firm, accused Xuan of trying to break down a tenant’s door in Apple Valley and using a Taser to shock another renter’s dog, according to the civil suit.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
  • By July, the side project turned into a full-time job when MLB hired Weingardt as a principal product manager to explore changes to its flagship app.
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • It got pushed back a year and the female lead changed when Rosa Salazar exited and Melissa Fumero came on.
    — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The following season, Philadelphia exited in the National League Championship Series, and the next two years saw losses in the Division Series.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The defendant and others are said to have used a yacht that departed from the German port of Rostock.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Unfortunately, this future focus dwindled and largely disappeared in the following decades as key leaders departed Congress, and their successors pursued other interests.
    — John T. Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The Indiana Hoosiers haven’t lost a game since 2024, and the team went 11-2.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Sykes went 7-of-12 from the field, including two 3-pointers, off the bench.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Not long after, Singh got an email from someone named Oppenheim.
    — Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026
  • One of them got his start with money borrowed from his sister’s brothel.
    — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • And then none of it mattered because his special teams bailed him out with a big kick return (thanks to a terrible decision by Eagles coach Nick Sirianni to even allow a kick return in the first place) followed by a walk-off field goal.
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The suspect, who was not named, is the seventh man bailed in the investigation of an apparent plot aimed at RAF Fairford air base, which has been used by American bombers to strike Iran.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026

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“Booked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/booked. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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