carpeted

past tense of carpet

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of carpeted Foliage-seekers can alight in the town of Winona, Minnesota, located on an island in the Mississippi—where visitors hike, kayak, or fish amid craggy river bluffs carpeted with ever-changing treetops. — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Sep. 2026 Maybe next week, the boys could wade into the river near Mancelona and collect bushels of watercress, which carpeted the surface there. — Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026 Designers dislike carpeted stairs, favoring more stylish options that offer the same safety benefits. — Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 12 Aug. 2026 Hiking is increasing in popularity in Malaysia despite the fact that around half of the country’s total land area is carpeted in tropical forest, in which high temperatures and humidity are common. — Jack Guy, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026 The bedroom itself is a typical tiny house loft, which is carpeted and has space for a double bed and some more cabinetry. — New Atlas, 23 June 2026 When a bathroom is carpeted, the moisture will eventually start seeping into the carpet, causing mold and mildew growth. — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 June 2026 But what some people miss is a beautiful fishing port that's lined with steep, limestone cliffs and carpeted with pebbly beaches. — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 3 June 2026 Swaths of the region are carpeted in grasses that each year grow and then die, creating what Acuña described as a patchwork of layers. — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carpeted
Verb
  • Ultrathin layer forms stronger protection The team also coated the structured copper foil with an MXene layer roughly 10 nanometers thick.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Jewelry sat on and among a sink, chair, cabinet, artist easel, and smaller domestic objects coated in the blue carving wax Vernon uses in the workshop.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Politics is covered, check; psychology, check — often, as in this Cherry Orchard, leaving little to the imagination.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Thirty minutes later, after a physician examined him, he was pronounced dead and covered with a white sheet.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026

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“Carpeted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carpeted. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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