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as in vomited
to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth
the terrible smell of rotting fish made me gag
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as in joked
to make jokes
the actor typically mugs and gags through his movies, but in his latest vehicle he plays it straight
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Recent Examples of gagged
My mother felt grit on her skin and the fumes gagged her.
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Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
This Spanish detective thriller The Marked Woman follows a pair of police officers who are assigned the case of an amnesiac woman found bound and gagged in a shipping container at the Port of Barcelona.
—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 27 May 2026
Victims of Harvey Weinstein have spoken in the past about being gagged by NDAs.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 14 May 2026
The thieves bound and gagged Mary Kay, per Gavenas, and stole $9,000 worth of different expensive items, including fur coats and jewelry.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
In July 2013, Anderson and Walker were found bound, gagged, tortured and shot to death in Anderson’s home, according to police.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
Everyone is gagged, with their mouths agape and eyes darting around.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
During Aguirre’s trial, prosecutors told jurors that the boy was routinely beaten, shot with a BB gun, forced to eat cat feces and sleep inside a small cabinet while gagged and bound.
—City News Service, Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
She was found with her wrists and ankles bound with shoelaces and duct tape, she was gagged with underwear and duct tape was placed over her mouth and nose.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 20 Mar. 2026
Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
This Spanish detective thriller The Marked Woman follows a pair of police officers who are assigned the case of an amnesiac woman found bound and gagged in a shipping container at the Port of Barcelona.
—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 27 May 2026
Victims of Harvey Weinstein have spoken in the past about being gagged by NDAs.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 14 May 2026
The thieves bound and gagged Mary Kay, per Gavenas, and stole $9,000 worth of different expensive items, including fur coats and jewelry.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
In July 2013, Anderson and Walker were found bound, gagged, tortured and shot to death in Anderson’s home, according to police.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
Everyone is gagged, with their mouths agape and eyes darting around.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
During Aguirre’s trial, prosecutors told jurors that the boy was routinely beaten, shot with a BB gun, forced to eat cat feces and sleep inside a small cabinet while gagged and bound.
—City News Service, Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
She was found with her wrists and ankles bound with shoelaces and duct tape, she was gagged with underwear and duct tape was placed over her mouth and nose.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 20 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gagged
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In a case the company resolved for $500,000, a Genesis nursing home was accused of delaying the hospitalization of a resident who had vomited brown mucus.—
Jordan Rau,
CBS News,
9 Dec. 2025
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What To Know Some of the soldiers involved in the exercises in recent days vomited, and others experienced weakness in their legs when exiting the Ajax vehicles, Britain's The Times reported.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Nov. 2025
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The petition, which was granted by a federal judge, cited reports alleging that guards at the facility choked and asphyxiated Campos.—
Armando Garcia,
ABC News,
10 June 2026
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In the case of the sisters, Gaff hogtied the girls, cut off their clothes with a knife, raped them repeatedly, beat them, choked them, and shocked one of them with an electrical cord, court records say.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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Officer buys some time Meanwhile, outside the McDonald’s, Detwiler called Hanelly – his boss who had joked about the hoagie – to ask him to come to the restaurant.—
Nicki Brown,
CNN Money,
9 Dec. 2025
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Wagner joked that the couple never went on a cruise because all of their travel was dedicated to buying more nutcrackers.—
Vanessa Romo,
NPR,
9 Dec. 2025
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“Gagged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gagged. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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