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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
But Larry, a true cynic, was stuck in a different time, gagged and bound by a tireless insistence on creating art that subverted and satirized those same good old-fashioned family values.
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Michael Cuby, Them., 24 Oct. 2025
They had been bound, gagged, and shot in the head.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2025
Bohumila gagged, spitting beer all over herself.
—Zuzana Říhová, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
When Rochelle Luna, 18, arrived at the house hours later, Djerf bound, gagged and raped her before stabbing her and slitting her throat, court records said.
—Elena Santa Cruz, AZCentral.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Michael Cuby, Them., 24 Oct. 2025
They had been bound, gagged, and shot in the head.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2025
Bohumila gagged, spitting beer all over herself.
—Zuzana Říhová, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
When Rochelle Luna, 18, arrived at the house hours later, Djerf bound, gagged and raped her before stabbing her and slitting her throat, court records said.
—Elena Santa Cruz, AZCentral.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gagged
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Katy Puig vomited a gush of seawater as a boater hoisted her unconscious body out of the water, fighting the current to get her to a yacht that had come to the rescue before first responders arrived in a flotilla.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
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This agitprop is vomited out 24/7 by Democrat media apparatchiks who were also unerringly described by Orwell in his novel 1984.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
11 Oct. 2025
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During the previous school year, the boy strangled and choked a teacher and pulled up a female classmate’s dress and touched her inappropriately on the school playground, the lawsuit claims.—
Cindy Von Quednow,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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From long before dawn until well past dark, similar rafts choked the river, packed with as many as 20 migrants per raft.—
Daniel Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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Noting that the president was given a gold crown and beef patties with ketchup while in South Korea, Jost joked that the 79-year-old basically just had a Happy Meal with a toy.—
William Vaillancourt,
Rolling Stone,
2 Nov. 2025
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Lineman Eddy Pierre-Louis made a heart with his hands and held it high as his teammates waved and joked on their way into the stadium’s south tunnel, where super agent Jimmy Sexton stood waiting, too.—
David Ubben,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Gagged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gagged. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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