cudgeled

variants or cudgelled
past tense of cudgel

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cudgeled
Verb
  • Use a volcanic-rock molcajete or mortar and pestle to smash the fruit and serve, perhaps with a pinch of cilantro chopped on top.
    Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Wayward rhizomes that pop up as new plants can be hoed or chopped.
    Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • And then the game itself smacked him like Zack Bolduc’s hit that knocked Hall upside down into the Blues bench.
    Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 1 Jan. 2025
  • She got smacked, but the ball went in.
    Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • If approved, the settlement would be among the largest in a wave of lawsuits over the past decade as governments and others sought to hold drugmakers, wholesalers and pharmacies accountable for the opioid epidemic that started rising in the years after OxyContin hit the market in 1996.
    Geoff Mulvihill, Fortune, 18 June 2025
  • One eyewitness, Mohammed Abu Abed, said that a group of people was hit by an airstrike.
    Kara Fox, CNN Money, 18 June 2025
Verb
  • The Spartans’ top-five defense slowed New Mexico’s blistering pace and attacked the paint on the opposite end.
    Justin Williams, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
  • As the graph below shows, Bournemouth have primarily attacked down their left flank this season, with the axis between Dean Huijsen at left centre-back, wing-back Kerkez and winger Antoine Semenyo proving crucial.
    Carl Anka, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Thomas wrote a dissenting opinion, to which Alito also attached his name, and assailed the court majority for refusing to hear Alabama's case.
    Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The high-drama scene the mayor will be walking into is hardly his first time being assailed over immigration.
    Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
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“Cudgeled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cudgeled. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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