garrisoned

past tense of garrison

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for garrisoned
Verb
  • About 30 or so customers occupied the wooden stools of the old-school, salty hangout in an industrial strip a few miles from downtown Louisville.
    Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025
  • These actions helped lay the groundwork for the later establishment of the role of White House Press Secretary, a position first occupied by journalist George Akerson, whom Herbert Hoover had originally hired as his secretary.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • That's the capital of North Darfur that was besieged for 500 days.
    ABC News, ABC News, 9 Nov. 2025
  • The San Francisco 49ers continue to be besieged by significant injuries for the second season in a row.
    Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • To test if this really was a White House operation, Grace and I followed one of the trucks out of the golf course, past the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, to a path that normally leads to the White House but was blockaded.
    Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Israel has blockaded the water around Gaza, preventing boats and ships from delivering humanitarian aid.
    Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Garrisoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garrisoned. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.

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