duded (up)

past tense of dude (up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for duded (up)
Verb
  • After a sweet introduction from longtime friend and storied industry producer/musician Don Was, who talked about late-night visits to a Nashville Shoney's with the country icon, a humble Brooks, clad in his usual uniform of jeans and cowboy hat, walked the small stage holding a microphone.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 4 June 2026
  • The brilliant reds and gold of the willows and poplars and the bright yellows and pale greens of frostbitten underbrush stood out against the backdrop of the mountain slopes, which were clad in the darker green of spruce and pine and topped with a fall of snow from the last few nights.
    Anton Money, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
Verb
  • The series’s basic fodder enemies, Wretches, usually come decked with armor, but not in E-Day.
    George Yang, Space.com, 10 June 2026
  • Like all the other guests, she was decked out in Chanel for the dinner.
    Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 9 June 2026
Verb
  • The show also figured out better than any show in recent memory how to adapt itself for a TV broadcast, with the kitties, as costumed by Tony winner Qween Jean, flitted all over the Radio City Musical Hall in New York, this year’s venue for the ceremony.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
  • Some of the episode’s interiors were built alongside the regular Widow’s Bay sets, so breaks for her –– while costumed in 18th century clothing –– were spent taking a breather on a city hall desk or lounging on a couch that would certainly be out of place in 1702.
    Hunter Ingram, Variety, 27 May 2026
Verb
  • The most recognizable are Semana Santa, or Holy Week, processions during the final week of Lent where brotherhoods and robed penitents parade ornate statues of Christ and the Virgin Mary through cities, towns and villages alongside marching bands.
    Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026
  • The most recognizable are Holy Week processions during the final week of Lent where brotherhoods and robed penitents parade ornate statues of Christ and the Virgin Mary through cities, towns and villages alongside marching bands.
    Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2026
Verb
  • The open concept and casually attired employees bear a resemblance to countless other start-ups.
    Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 28 May 2026
  • Today he’s attired in a gray hoodie over a white T-shirt.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 6 May 2026
Verb
  • Instead, something like this pair will be much better suited for the climate.
    Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
  • PatBO’s aesthetic feels particularly suited to those moments.
    Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Verb
  • Many of Furgeson’s subjects were displeased by his haughty musings, which would seem less out of place if he was garbed in a royal mantle and wielding a golden scepter.
    Frank Landymore, Futurism, 4 June 2026
  • But the visitors from Memphis were a husk of that outfit, a cavalcade of new faces and Golden State castoffs being observed by the ghost of Ja Morant garbed in street clothes.
    Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
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“Duded (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duded%20%28up%29. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.

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