Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conked
Verb
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Shot a bunch of times in the stomach, twice in the head, stabbed in the arm.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026 -
But the couple's elderly dog was inside the apartment and was stabbed between the eyes, authorities said.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Two days before the 1994 US Figure Skating Championships, Nancy Kerrigan was walking to her locker after practice when she was clubbed above the knee by a stranger.—
Natasha O'Neill,
Vanity Fair,
26 Jan. 2026
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Nearly four decades ago around Christmas and New Year’s, a young woman was clubbed to death in her Jacksonville home with her baby unharmed.—
Scott Butler,
Florida Times-Union,
15 Jan. 2026
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Kickboxing robots flailed wildly before falling over, and some sprinters crashed into rivals.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Aug. 2025
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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
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But Johnson, who won a pair of Super Bowl championships with the Cowboys, lashed out at Spygate being the reason for Belichick not being selected.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
28 Jan. 2026
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This is far from the first time the White House has lashed out at the cohosts of The View.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Jan. 2026
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Diaz’s attorney, James Crawford, argued that after the victim was slashed to death Andrademembreno let Diaz into the apartment complex, so the killing had already happened.—
City News Service,
Oc Register,
25 Jan. 2026
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Ahead of the launch of the Pixel 10a in February, Google has slashed the price of the Pixel 9a.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The word mom speared out of her mouth.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
20 Jan. 2026
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Vecna gets speared, the monster goes down, the creepy heart stops beating and everyone's alive!—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
31 Dec. 2025
Verb
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These last years of losing Dad in chunks—from his not recognizing me to not remembering what a toothbrush was for—have sapped my fight.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
20 Jan. 2026
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The illnesses sapped not only Rodriguez’s strength but also her desire to play basketball.—
Bobby Narang,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Eric Richins reportedly discovered the change and switched the beneficiary back to his business partner.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Somebody switched the music back on.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Conked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conked. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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