corkscrewed

past tense of corkscrew

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for corkscrewed
Verb
  • The number of people using the FAIR plan for fire insurance has increased dramatically in recent years as companies have pulled back business in the state due to losses caused by major wildfires arising from risks due to climate change and other factors.
    Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • On their first possession, Mahomes stood in the pocket with the Chiefs in the red zone, spotted receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster open down the middle and pulled the trigger on a third-down pass.
    Sam McDowell October 3, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Joveljic curled a low shot inside the near post and into the net.
    Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Dante Sealy curled a free kick from the right half-space into the top right corner to tie the match at 1-1.
    Colin Cerniglia, Charlotte Observer, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Some even report being pinched and yanked at while in the room, staff say the pincher is the ghost of a homeless little girl who occupied the vacant prison during the Great Depression.
    Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Annoyed Detroit ticketholders reacted Wednesday on YoungBoy fan sites after the LCA show was yanked from the tour schedule.
    Brian McCollum, Freep.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Photos from the organization show the python safely coiled on a white towel after it had been brought in.
    Jillian Frankel, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
  • For loc’d and tightly coiled textures, where rinsing is more difficult, a detox is even more important.
    Larry Stansbury, Essence, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Train Choo Choo Song My 4-year-old has extracted hours of entertainment from building trains from blocks and Legos, and then pushing and pulling them around our living room as the conductor.
    Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 26 Sep. 2025
  • That's where water ice thought to be abundant in the region could be extracted and used for drinking, breathing and as a source of hydrogen and oxygen for rocket fuel.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The complaint alleges that Moseley interfered with her players’ mental health treatment, pried into players’ personal and romantic lives and threatened players about scholarships and playing time.
    Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2025
  • The linchpin isn't just at risk; it's being actively pried loose.
    Scott White, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The difference in the zero-point energy of space between those two locations tells us, as first derived in Hawking’s 1974 paper, that radiation will be emitted from the region around the black hole, where space is curved the most strongly.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The angles of the rooms are all curved, and there’s a circular quality to the sets that gives the impression that nothing leads anywhere.
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Ortega, 22, hit the red carpet in a look plucked straight from Givenchy's runway show, which featured several oversized jewels that draped against her chest and upper body.
    Starr Bowenbank, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
  • You got plucked from obscurity to do this project.
    Chris Lee, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Corkscrewed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corkscrewed. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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