gimps

present tense third-person singular of gimp

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for gimps
Verb
  • Major marine war risk providers have started to scrap cover for vessels operating in the Persian Gulf as the fallout from a sudden security shock hobbles key shipping routes in the region.
    Sam Meredith, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Carolyn switches her nail color from a bold red to a blander shade; John hobbles out of his George magazine office wearing a cast on his left ankle due to a paragliding accident.
    Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 20 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • None at all leads to slow, pale, sad-looking growth that limps through the season.
    Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The unchanged chain was dubbed Ethereum Classic, which still limps along today, though its market cap is far less than 1% of actual Ethereum.
    Emin Gün Sirer, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • In a comedy special released last week, the thirty-nine-year-old comedian prances around the stage in a purple jumpsuit and sparkly red shoes, riffing on millennial-friendly topics such as Lin-Manuel Miranda and Fleet Foxes.
    Caroline Mimbs Nyce, New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The tradition of laying flower carpets — and destroying them when the procession tramples them — dates back two centuries and is popular also in Latin America, where elaborate sand designs are also made.
    ABC News, ABC News, 7 June 2026
  • This decision tramples those rights.
    S.E. Jenkins, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
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“Gimps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gimps. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.

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