bunked

past tense of bunk

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of bunked Stars James Stewart and Shirley Temple bunked down in their studio dressing rooms. — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026 Her claim was immediately disputed, debunked, de-debunked, de3-bunked, and ultimately litigated, with experts and expert neural networks testifying and offering evidence on all sides. — Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026 Cabins come in four different configurations, with either one queen bed or two queens bunked on top of each other—the latter would be great for small families—and have a maximum capacity of four guests. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2026 Artists and engineers bunked in, the artist’s turtle Rocky charmed visitors, and Rauschenberg created some key works in his studio there. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 7 Aug. 2026 One of the inn’s most famous residents was author, philosopher and environmentalist Henry David Thoreau, who bunked there briefly in the 1830s while attending Harvard. — Joe Yogerst, CNN Money, 27 June 2026 This is where hundreds of workers bunked while building Henry Flagler’s Key West extension of the Florida East Coast Railway, which connected the Keys to mainland Florida. — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2026 Some bunked in the triangular houses equipped with bottles of Amaro digestif. — New York Times, 20 Feb. 2026 While newer stations typically provide each firefighter with a separate bedroom, crews back then often bunked in open barracks with little privacy. — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bunked
Verb
  • Related Stories Set in the Iranian village of Goorankesh, housed in an incredibly arid and seemingly inhospitable region, the film follows schoolteacher Davoud Soulan (Mohammad Rahimi), whose job lies on precarious foundations.
    — Kambole Campbell, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
  • But the building hasn’t housed anyone since early 2025, when SHO moved everyone out due to deteriorating building conditions.
    — Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • That would mean the new city, rather than the county, would have to identify where its share of the housing could be accommodated and establish the zoning and policies needed to allow it.
    — Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 30 Sep. 2026
  • First, the law takes its time in responding to new technologies, figuring that new tools can be accommodated within existing ideas, rules, and doctrines.
    — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The career included its hiccups, a not-yet-ready-for-primetime quarterback thrust into a starting role as a freshman, an on-campus protest in which the football team was lodged and, well, not as many wins as anyone involved would have liked.
    — Sam McDowell October 9, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Thompson lodged criticisms for Jones’ Silicon Valley donors, shifting policy positions and associations with healthcare companies that were fined for denying care.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026

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“Bunked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bunked. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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