Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conked
Verb
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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
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Guerrero clubbed three home runs, including a huge grand slam in game two.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Oct. 2025
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Slowly, Tom and Robbie unwind the plot points we’ve already been clubbed over the head with.—
Grace Byron,
Vulture,
6 Oct. 2025
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Congressional Budget Office estimates released Wednesday projected that the shutdown has permanently sapped at least $7 billion in output from the economy.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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Many introverts push through exhaustion, continuing to socialize while feeling sapped.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
28 Oct. 2025
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After the first two films, the series switched hands to seasoned parody veterans David Zucker and Pat Proft before flaming out with the fifth entry in 2013.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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Many of them switched their choice after seeing the new information.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Conked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conked. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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