embanked

past tense of embank

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for embanked
Verb
  • Other extinct branches of the tree of life included Hawaiian honeyeater birds of the family Mohoidae and the Dinornithormes order which grouped giant flightless birds such as New Zealand’s moas.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Half of the miscellaneous productions also blew their budgets though they aren't grouped under one franchise.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Last week, a video of Hasan Piker reacting to the sight of Charlie Kirk getting shot during a discussion at Utah Valley University on Wednesday quickly accumulated millions of views.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Brunson won her first Emmy in 2022 for Outstanding Writing For a Comedy Series, and has accumulated 12 total nominations.
    Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Japanese defense planners have studied pairing railguns with long-range intercept systems to strengthen layered air defense against threats such as hypersonic glide vehicles and massed drone swarms.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Russia and Ukraine exchange massed drone and missile strikes on a nightly basis.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The documentary is built around the chat with Sheen — which gives the impression of stretching across many days, based on lighting choices — but Renzi has assembled an impressive assortment of key figures from Sheen’s lives.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The data set was assembled by an independent AI developer named Shawn Presser, who wanted to give the open-source-AI community high-quality training data to compete with the big AI companies.
    The Atlantic, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Miami Dolphins offense amassed just a total of 211 yards in a catastrophic 33-8 loss to the Indianapolis Colts.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
  • In the viral Office Depot video, which has amassed over four million views as of Saturday morning, a customer asks to print a poster of Kirk for a vigil honoring him on Friday evening.
    Sydney Topf, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Andrew Granford collected a hat trick with an assist as Holliston (3-2-1) toppled Dedham 4-0 in Tri-Valley League play.
    Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Nathan, who exudes gentlemanly and diplomatic energy, is calm and collected throughout the fan meet.
    Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The NewCows the drones brought us were odd animals, and even odder once clumped together in a herd.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Conceptualized and brought to life by makeup artist Kenya Rucker and hair stylist Kira Dior, the glam highlights see Palmer don tight, ginger coils, electric blue eye shadow and intentionally clumped lashes for her ’70s moment.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Verb
  • When it stays bunched together, moisture gets trapped in the folds, creating the perfect environment for mildew and mold growth.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Ian Flora backpedaled down the hallway of U of L Health's Peace Hospital as a teenage boy walked toward him with his fingers bunched into a tight ball.
    Stephanie Kuzydym, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Embanked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embanked. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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