clubbed

Definition of clubbednext
past tense of club
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of clubbed Then in the seventh, Chisholm clubbed a two-run home run that served as the dagger. Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 24 Aug. 2026 Four players hit a home run, including rookie Luis Lara, who clubbed his first long ball as part of a 3-for-6 evening. Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026 The 23-year-old clubbed 34 home runs and drove in 90 runs in 103 games with Memphis this season and is ranked as the 59th-best prospect in baseball, per MLB Pipeline. Andy Martinez, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026 Tatsuya Imai allowed one run over six innings, Isaac Paredes clubbed a three-run homer as the Houston Astros sent the reeling Miami Marlins to their eighth straight loss with a 5-3 victory on Tuesday. Miami Herald, 22 July 2026 Teoscar Hernandez clubbed the next pitch from Morejon, a slider down but out over the plate, 419 feet to center field for a grand slam and a 4-3 lead. Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 4 July 2026 Jurors deliberated for a week before voting to convict 48-year-old Francesca Lopez in the death of Felipe Lopez-Custodio, who was clubbed to death with a piece of scrap wood and strangled with a cord inside his apartment on Jacqueline Way in Concord. Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 10 June 2026 Walk stole third and then trotted home when Camden Johnson clubbed his ninth home run of the season. Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 7 June 2026 Megan Grant clubbed her NCAA-record 41st home run this season following a two-run shot by Rylee Slimp off Jocelyn Briski and UCLA grabbed a 3-1 lead in the third. Daily News, 29 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clubbed
Verb
  • Creeden also filed a motion for a new trial, arguing that the jury was prevented from hearing testimony from an attorney who would have told them that Creeden fully cooperated with the investigation.
    Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The owner of the petting zoo has cooperated fully with state and county authorities, according to officials.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Workers lashed the broad branches together with steel cables and chains.
    ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The fight intensified Sunday when Mark Goldfeder, head of the National Jewish Advocacy Center, lashed out at Bonta and suggested California’s top law enforcement official was doing Ruffalo’s bidding by filing the antitrust lawsuit.
    Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The designers were mostly united in their distaste for what are known on the playa as Sparkle Ponies.
    Henry Alford, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Three men united in their assessment of how the match played out before them.
    Ben Jones Aug. 26, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The team's official drumline, The Pack, pounded on illuminated drums during quarter breaks, while Skye, the team's sassy, blue-haired lioness mascot, jumped onto the T-shirt cannon to launch souvenir merchandise high into stadium seats.
    Odette Yousef, NPR, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Rodriguez pounded the strike zone, issuing his only walk in the sixth inning.
    Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 26 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Ramya collaborated with Lotus Bloom and her friend Sandy Gill to customize a Papa Don’t Preach lehenga.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The pair collaborated on the track for the band’s third studio album Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night, and last performed it together in 2020 during a live performance recorded on the rooftop of Electric Lady Studios in New York City.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Tuxedo kitten Paolina bounced onto my chest and licked my fingers.
    Solvej Schou, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Her entire face got licked clean off her head when suburban floodwaters breached the cardboard hull protecting Kath’s basement memorabilia stack a few months before I was born.
    Claire Carusillo, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • United Cable eventually merged with TCI, which was run by media titan John Malone.
    Tom Tapp, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Correspondent Conor Knighton looks at the history of adobe, and how ancient adobe materials are being merged with 3-D printing techniques.
    David Morgan, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Deploying everything from pickled green strawberries and fresh peas to whipped labneh with Banyul vinegar glaze, artful Viennoiserie evokes more than a little whimsy that spans sweet and savory.
    The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Aug. 2026
  • If a recipe calls for 1 cup (unwhipped) whipping cream, substitute 2 cups whipped dessert topping, such as Cool Whip.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Aug. 2026

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“Clubbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clubbed. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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