embanked

past tense of embank

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for embanked
Verb
  • At races, competitors are strictly grouped by age and skill level.
    Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 4 Dec. 2025
  • These create a beautiful tree-like effect when grouped together.
    Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 2 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • For example, older homeowners who purchased their properties years ago may have accumulated significant equity through a combination of mortgage payments and rising home values, giving them access to larger borrowing amounts.
    Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 16 June 2026
  • Yet some of the world’s most significant scientific and medical sites have accumulated ghost stories, conspiracy theories, and paranormal legends of their own.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 June 2026
Verb
  • Roseville police and Placer County Sheriff's deputies were massed in the area of Cirby Way and Rocky Ridge Drive, several blocks east of Sunrise Avenue.
    Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025
  • Plants also look stunning when massed in larger borders and foundations, or planted as a colorful low hedge.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 25 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Across a 90-foot wall at the Orlando Museum of Art, Tommerup assembled three monumental pyramids built from canvases dragged through the ocean and Biscayne Bay, dried in flowering trees and tossed from rooftops at dusk, surrendering part of the creative process to nature itself.
    Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 11 June 2026
  • Yngen, now 71, has assembled a younger team of co-founders to scale the business, including chief executive Emil Clase.
    Heather Farmbrough, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Verb
  • The adventure content creator had amassed more than 320,000 followers on Facebook, while some of his reels garnered millions of views.
    Drew Pittock, USA Today, 15 June 2026
  • Brown amassed a 107-88 record over two-plus seasons with the Kings, joining Rick Adelman as the only coaches in the Sacramento era to post a winning record.
    Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 14 June 2026
Verb
  • As detailed in the museum’s current exhibition on The Beautiful Game and described by Naylor, soldiers put arms aside, exchanged gifts, collected their dead, sang Christmas songs together and played soccer with each other.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2026
  • The group is currently reviewing data collected by sensors placed in dozens of homes in neighborhoods such as Overtown, Little Haiti, and Liberty City.
    Manuel Bojorquez, CBS News, 10 June 2026
Verb
  • The tree branches are pretty clumped together, versus having lots of individual limbs to bend.
    Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Grant’s eyelashes were noticeably accentuated and clumped together on the top and bottom using mascara only.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Led by Piastri, with Verstappen close behind, the drivers bunched up again.
    Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 6 July 2025
  • That’s especially true with so many teams bunched together.
    Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 30 June 2025
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“Embanked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embanked. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.

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