flowed

verb

past tense of flow
1
as in poured
to move in a stream water was flowing over the dam at a tremendous rate

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2
as in drifted
to move or proceed smoothly and readily as everyone relaxed, the conversation really started to flow

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Recent Examples of flowed This let the team observe how water flowed inside, outside, and through the device. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 13 July 2026 The lace-up breastplate, which resembled a Greek sculpture, flowed into a white and ombré grey beaded bottom. — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 12 July 2026 Unlike 2022’s sublime Most Normal, which was inspired by Earl Sweatshirt’s Some Rap Songs and the idea of making an album that flowed like a dream, there was no concept. — Laura Snapes, Pitchfork, 9 July 2026 Iran’s bargaining chip Authorities in Iran have repeatedly used the Strait of Hormuz – through which around a fifth of the world’s crude flowed before the war – as a bargaining chip. — Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 7 July 2026 Still, by the end of the concert, a soggy yet determined crowd of 4,750 had flowed through the park grounds. — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026 The dress boasted a delicate skirt that flowed in every direction as Johnson braved the New York City winds. — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 3 July 2026 The shifts reflect a broader change in the parcel market, where Amazon and regional carriers have increasingly competed for traffic that once flowed almost exclusively through UPS, FedEx and USPS. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 2 July 2026 This is the layer of the stack where the first wave of money has flowed. — Nimit Mehra, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flowed
  1. poured
  2. drifted
  3. streamed
  4. glided
  5. sailed
  6. swept
  7. slid
  8. slipped
Verb
  • Gordon, the only sitting judge who spent multiple days on the bus, poured over documents and sequestered himself with a laptop and a cell phone video call in a back corner.
    — Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 11 July 2026
  • The scale alone — several million visitors have poured through the country over the tournament’s five-week run — has made the World Cup both a massive sporting spectacle and a test of logistical and policy coordination on an unprecedented level.
    — Daniel Ross Goodman, The Washington Examiner, 11 July 2026
Definition of poured
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  • But here, Desire Doue played a little deeper than usual, and Kylian Mbappe drifted over to that side, always ready to break.
    — Michael Cox, New York Times, 10 July 2026
  • Short-form social content that recruits new audiences and reactivates the ones who drifted away.
    — Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of drifted
Verb
  • Thousands streamed out of the area, many loading onto MBTA subway and trolley cars.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • The sequel outperformed it with 64 million hours streamed in its first three days on the platform, enough to push it to the top of Netflix’s global weekly chart.
    — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of streamed
Verb
  • An endless procession of black SUVs, Escalades, luxury coaches, polished muscle cars and Uber Blacks glided onto West 31st Street.
    — Bryan West, USA Today, 7 July 2026
  • Throughout his rise to become the voice of Britain’s populist hard-right, architect of Brexit and chief anti-immigrant activist, any accusations of wrongdoing have largely glided off him.
    — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
Definition of glided
Verb
  • Twice England’s post was struck but when Enzo Fernández’s sublime strike sailed past Jordan Pickford in the 85th minute, there only ever felt like one winner.
    — Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
  • Mbappé took his last shot in the game’s waning moments, to raucous cheers from the mostly Spanish crowd as the ball sailed over the goalpost.
    — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 July 2026
Definition of sailed
Verb
  • The Lake County Sheriff's Office conducted door-to-door notifications and swept through different trails throughout the evacuation zone.
    — Alexandra Fine, ABC News, 14 July 2026
  • The fever for the 2026 FIFA World Cup tournament, the largest, most expansive in the competition’s 96-year history, has swept North America.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 14 July 2026
Definition of swept
Verb
  • Max Homa, who arrived with momentum after a runner-up finish at the John Deere Classic and opened with a 67, slid down the leaderboard after a clunky second round.
    — Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • The 26-year-old from Canada rounded second and slid headfirst into third to beat the relay throw, getting a huge ovation.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026
Definition of slid
Verb
  • The Pats slipped from sixth in the league in points scored in 2021 to 17th in ’22.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 10 July 2026
  • The stock slipped more than 3% despite the company beating top- and bottom-line estimates in its second-quarter earnings report .
    — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 10 July 2026
Definition of slipped

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