brained

past tense of brain

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for brained
Verb
  • Like the other eight couples who were killed, they were found shot and stabbed in their cars.
    Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
  • As president of the United States, he was stabbed in the heart with a letter opener by a septuagenarian cuckold.
    Joy Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Reed received help from his stablemate Bron Breakker, who speared everyone in his path, including Jimmy Uso through the barricade.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Reed and Breakker picked up a win after Breakker speared Jey and Jimmy through a table, and Reed hit a tsunami on Jey for the pinfall.
    Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Guerrero clubbed three home runs, including a huge grand slam in game two.
    Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Slowly, Tom and Robbie unwind the plot points we’ve already been clubbed over the head with.
    Grace Byron, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Kickboxing robots flailed wildly before falling over, and some sprinters crashed into rivals.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 19 Aug. 2025
  • On Sunday, Merrill flailed at two sliders in the dirt from Tyler Glasnow before looking at a third down the middle for strike three to strand a runner in the first inning.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Picking sweet Julie mangoes from the big tree in the front yard of my childhood home; going to the beach where my late brother tried (and failed) to teach me to swim; visiting relatives during the summer in the very areas that were now being lashed by rain and wind.
    Grace White, Essence, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Vargas floated groups of migrants across the informal border crossing between Guatemala and Mexico on a makeshift raft made from wooden boards lashed to fat inner tubes.
    Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • LaVine and Monk whipped the crowd into a frenzy, combining to make 17 of 32 from the field and 10 of 18 from 3-point range as the Kings bounced back from a season-opening loss to the Phoenix Suns.
    Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The cold brew is bitter but topped with a fluffy, whipped cold foam that tastes almondy, sweet and spice-filled.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Some $465,000 in funding that Kristi House planned to use to support mental health and trauma therapists was slashed from an early version of the Miami-Dade budget, but was restored when the county commission approved the final budget in September.
    Mimi Whitefield, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The Capital Area Food Bank has seen some of its own federal funding slashed even as demand skyrockets.
    The NPR Network, NPR, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Giants followed that up by getting thrashed by the Eagles in Philadelphia this past Sunday.
    Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
  • And that all came into play in Game 1, as the Jays thrashed the Los Angeles Dodgers, 11-4, at a raucous Rogers Centre on Friday night.
    Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 25 Oct. 2025
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“Brained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brained. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.

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