bossed 1 of 2

past tense of boss

bossed

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adjective

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of bossed
Adjective
Saliba and Gabriel would have still likely bossed Nmecha in that scenario, but Piroe was helpless as possession was ceded over his head time after time. Beren Cross, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2025 Though Mayweather bossed the bout while appearing to go half-speed, no winner was declared. Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2025 Winning every one of his duels, creating one chance, delivering eight crosses and registering three successful tackles is a neat summary of how Cardona bossed the left flank pretty much on his own. Sam Leveridge, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bossed
Verb
  • Hoban supervised construction of the porticoes on the north and south sides of the building that Latrobe originally designed in 1807.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Russia’s strategic nuclear forces carried out a readiness test supervised by the country’s President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, the Kremlin said.
    Anna Chernova, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The autocratic czarist regime ruled with an iron hand and suppressed opposition through censorship, banishment, and executions.
    Karl Ove Knausgaard, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Litter is used for fertilizer in the watershed, and phosphorus from litter feeds algae in the river, the court has ruled.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Wang, who conceived of and led the study, also serves as the Kellogg chair of technology among other leadership positions at Northwestern.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
  • One issue is that hypnosis has long been viewed as a form of entertainment, a stage show with a hypnotist and an audience, which can give viewers a sense that hypnosis is something done to you rather than a process that a person is led through.
    Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Hubbarth handled it pretty well, asking a couple of questions on the issues and producing a little news.
    Andrew Marchand, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Caliendo handled the rest of the game, allowing no quarterback pressures on 32 pass-blocking snaps, according to Pro Football Focus.
    Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Reagan’s speech is included in millions of administration records governed by the Presidential Record Act signed in 1981 by his predecessor, President Jimmy Carter.
    Bill Barrow, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
  • America has the opportunity to be the partner of choice in every one of these instances—setting the global benchmark for reliable, traceable and ethically governed rare earth supply chains.
    Young Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Rabbi Mona Alfi of Sacramento’s Congregation B’nai Israel said that in the Torah, the Jewish people are commanded 36 times to care for and protect the strangers in their midst.
    Cathie Anderson, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Dressed simply in a black bomber and flashing a colossal gold chain, Floyy commanded the room during his 20-minute set.
    Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Both styles come pre-laced with flat cotton shoelaces with round polyester laces included as an alternate option.
    Riley Jones, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
  • During the trial, after Cardi took the stand to deliver her testimony, several of her impassioned exchanges with the plaintiff's lawyer, Ron Rosen Janfaza, went viral due to her unfiltered, expletive-laced responses and animated expressions, including eye rolls and shrugs.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Ronald Reagan, who oversaw a major remodel of the screening room, also watched a mix of new movies and classics, including Stagecoach, Yankee Doodle Dandy, and, bizarrely, Warren Beatty's communist biopic Reds.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
  • But just minutes before the July 31 trade deadline, Varland got news that he was being sent to Toronto and away from his hometown team, the one that drafted him in the 15th round years earlier and oversaw his development from starter to dominant reliever.
    Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025

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“Bossed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bossed. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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