conked (out)

past tense of conk (out)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for conked (out)
Verb
  • Most had fainted on the job due to the heat or witnessed a co-worker who did.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 10 Sep. 2025
  • One of them, who was asthmatic, fainted.
    Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • North’s longtime wife, Betsy, died late last November, soon after their 56th wedding anniversary.
    Josh Meyer, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • A student who authorities say opened fire at his Colorado high school, wounding two classmates and then turning the gun on himself, has died, according to the local sheriff's office.
    Alex Stone, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Cal Fire’s newest proposal for Jackson, dubbed AMEX, targets nearly 500 acres with a patchwork of small clearcuts and is silent on tree sizes to be felled.
    John P. O’Brien, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Footage from the 1966 Italian documentary Africa Addio, of a herd of elephants being felled by both ground hunters and sharpshooters in helicopters, is distressing to watch.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Glasses of Ace of Spade Champagne were being passed out, and groups were being directed to floors based on the bracelets they were handed upon arrival — moon, sun, star and diamond.
    Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 13 Sep. 2025
  • After an initial proposal that did not require a license or conditional use permit to establish the new shelters passed out of committee in July, it was sent back to committee to address some Republican council members' concerns.
    Killian Baarlaer, Louisville Courier Journal, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Yet most failed to note the hospital’s long-standing use as a base for Hamas operations.
    Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Although his shoes contained 10 ounces of highly explosive material, his attempt to light the fuse failed because of foot perspiration.
    Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Smith’s extended lunge was needed as Chapman’s throw barely beat Pages’ speed, but Smith instantly collapsed onto his side.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 14 Sep. 2025
  • As usual, Florida’s offense looked stagnant and rarely gave the sophomore quarterback good options before his pocket collapsed.
    Noah White, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That Tuesday morning, Rodriguez was home with a seven-month-old baby when a friend of hers—who happened to be a police officer at the 41st Precinct in the Bronx—called her to tell her a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center.
    Rachel Burchfield, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • And in a rural field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, a similar ceremony marked by moments of silence, the reading of names and the laying of wreaths, will honor the victims of Flight 93, the hijacked plane that crashed after crew members and passengers tried to storm the cockpit.
    Philip Marcelo, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The outlet noted that the dead included a mother and daughter and three family members, who all perished together in the waters.
    Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
  • In the summer of 2019, more than 6,200 koalas in New South Wales – 15% of the state's population – are thought to have perished in the devastating fires.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Conked (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conked%20%28out%29. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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