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verb

past tense of gas

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of gassed
Adjective
The Pats were no better after that touchdown, another three-and-out that didn’t net a single yard, a 1:23 possession that brought a gassed defense back on the field. Tara Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Dec. 2022 One positive for the gassed defense is that their run of playing elite-mobility quarterbacks gets snapped by facing lead-footed Joe Burrow. Keven Lerner, Sun Sentinel, 28 Sep. 2022 This exercise selection is great for a circuit, since even though there’s little rest between moves, your lower body won’t be too gassed. Christa Sgobba, SELF, 15 June 2022 Videos posted online show protesters scrambling through streets while taking fire from security forces and being tear-gassed. Babak Dehghanpisheh, Washington Post, 27 May 2022 The Huskies no longer looked gassed in the fourth quarter, no longer beaten down or easily trapped. Dom Amore, courant.com, 21 Feb. 2022 Hundreds of protesters were ticketed, fined, or tear-gassed. Grayson Quay, The Week, 13 Feb. 2022 Members of the society watched as Black men and women were shot and killed, protesters of the shootings were tear-gassed and white rioters stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6. The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2021 Their standoff is interrupted by the appearance of other rioters, one of whom has been tear-gassed. Nick Schager, EW.com, 27 Sep. 2021
Verb
After carefully managing minutes over the first 82 games, the Cavs looked gassed. Fred Katz, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025 Pastor Beebe, who is eight years my senior, looks as gassed as me. Ted Katauskas, Outside, 23 Sep. 2025 Remarkably, almost all of the forty or so core players survived their time here and avoided being deliberately gassed, although their main conductor did not survive. Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025 Manny dragging Manny Machado is gassed. Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025 Seth Rollins gassed Bron up by saying Jey Uso thinks his dad is a loser and his uncle is a moron. Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025 While his wife went on to Auschwitz and was almost certainly gassed upon arrival, Avram was sent as labor to build synthetic-fuel plants for the Nazi war machine. Marc Snegg, Time, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gassed
Adjective
  • Tsukahara was in the back of a Cybertruck when the driver who was drunk and had taken drugs smashed into a tree in a suburb of San Francisco, according to the suit.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
  • However, Joe proceeded to get blackout drunk at the pool party with the other couples, went back to nap in their room, and told Madison not to come with him.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • While speaking exclusively to PEOPLE at the premiere, which was held at the Jazz at Lincoln Center, Adam chatted about working alongside his family.
    Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The Hollywood Reporter chatted with Kraner, Crego and producer Steven Schweickart in two separate conversations about the Gabby’s Dollhouse movie and how that surprising end-of-movie reveal — Gabby has a little sister!
    Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Advertisement In the late 2000s, as the climate warmed further, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad loosened restrictions on well drilling and started another dam building spree.
    Nik Kowsar, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Ec3 has already warmed sidewalks in snowy Sapporo, Japan, thanks to its thermal conductivity.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The whole house smells of fried cheese, or something wonderful has been cooked around here.
    Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Victor Tony Jones' last meal, last words Jones, who declined to say last words just before the execution, ate a last meal of fried chicken, collard greens and sweet tea, according to AP.
    Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Anne had also talked to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
    StyleCaster Editors, StyleCaster, 4 Oct. 2025
  • But while Swift’s album is objectively the most talked-about this week, several other powerhouse artists unveiled new music as well.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But Moyes will be pleased by the impact made by his substitutes against Palace, Alcaraz chief among them.
    Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • However, two days later, Long addressed Carey's reaction on The Shade Room, revealing Carey asked her to sing during the tribute and was pleased by her set.
    Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • They get wasted at a party and engage in a drunken brawl.
    Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Naturally, no shortage of love triangles, drunken decisions, and roommate squabbles ensue — common comedy tropes that get turned on their heads by Waller-Bridge’s trademark offbeat, razor-sharp comedic instincts.
    Abby Monteil, Them., 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Akkasca returned to the vehicle, took a video documenting the car’s lack of damage, conversed with Hertz employees and managers about it, and was told the app would talk directly to him – which was untrue, reported Carscoops.
    Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025

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“Gassed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gassed. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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