conking

present participle of conk

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for conking
Verb
  • Usiripalli is accused of stabbing two 17-year-old boys, one in the shoulder area and one in the back of the head, with the same metal fork while on a Lufthansa flight to Frankfurt on Saturday, according to the news release.
    Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
  • No information on the stabbing party has been released.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This was no ordinary offense that the Dodgers left flailing.
    Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The New York Jets are flailing, still trying to crack the seal for their first win of 2025.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In one short, a young Stuckmann, dressed as Harrison Ford's lasso-whipping adventurer, jumps onto the back of a moving car.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Mash as desired, either with a potato masher or by whipping with an electric mixer.
    Elizabeth Nelson, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • What To Know The Philippines' inter-agency National Task Force on the West Philippine Sea on Monday released drone footage showing a Chinese coast guard ship lashing a Philippine boat with its water cannon.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Coastal areas of suburban Long Island could see flooding, with up to 3 inches (about 8 centimeters) of rain and lashing winds expected, the weather service said.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Some of this slashing and burning can be explained by the old-fashioned small-government fanaticism of administration personnel like Russell Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget.
    Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Insurers are slashing networks, hiking deductibles, and pulling out of entire counties.
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Aaronson was virtually blamed for last weekend’s loss to Burnley after his hope-sapping first-half miss.
    Beren Cross, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Food shortages would mean the disappearance of luxuries and the rationing of staples, sapping public morale.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Fake applause, no support or faithful and never switching.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The Alexa voice remote makes searching and switching between shows easy, and setup takes only a few minutes.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • That album cut, originally featured on OK Computer, became a hit seemingly out of nowhere earlier this year after spearing like wildfire on TikTok.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
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“Conking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conking. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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