conked (out)

past tense of conk (out)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for conked (out)
Verb
  • At one point, a woman fainted and was lifted out of the church.
    Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The Press Trust of India news agency reported that at least 30 people fainted while Vijay was speaking, per Reuters.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The 19-year-old driver of the SUV, Yaakov Kilberg, and the three 18-year-old passengers — Aharon Lebovits, Shlomo Cohen and Chaim Grossman — all died, the outlets reported.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Despite lifesaving measures, the man died from his injuries, according to Adger.
    Julie Mendes, AZCentral.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The trees had already been felled and piled by the landowner; the log piles were initially slated to be burned to reduce the fire hazard.
    Syris Valentine, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Grainier‘s an itinerant lumber man who worked the Pacific Northwest at the turn of the 20th century, felling timber and building railroads.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Shuttled in on golf carts to a powder pink carpet, models, media and micro-celebrities mingled as staff passed out marbled Jell-O shots and macarons stamped with the VS logo.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Their teenage daughter and her friends passed out pizza slices to the demonstrators.
    Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Robertson only came onto the pitch after 55 minutes, but was forced to deal with three dangerous back-post crosses in the second half after Liverpool failed to stop deliveries coming from their right side.
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Her story was largely overlooked by the national news channels and failed to spark sustained outrage.
    Aishwarya S. Iyer, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Also, two barns and one home were reportedly struck by lightning in Rogersville, Missouri, which started a small fire on the barn and partially collapsed the porch of the home.
    Shawnie Caslin Martucci, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Some stars collapsed to the sea floor, dissolved into piles of goo.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Price’s vehicle then crashed into a tree, according to the crash report.
    Fox19 staff, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Oct. 2025
  • When the plane crashed, another driver saw the victim screaming.
    Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • That report blamed OceanGate, with particular culpability placed on OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, who perished in the disaster.
    Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The role of Doug McBride, who was played byJason Graham, perished in a car crash.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
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“Conked (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conked%20%28out%29. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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