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as in brushed
to pass lightly across or touch gently especially in passing
the volleyball just grazed my face, so I'm okay
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Recent Examples of grazed
Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
Jawad was grazed in the leg in the shooting, Macomb County officials said.
—Christina Hall, Freep.com, 22 Oct. 2025
The plot failed when Curtis Edward Smith grazed Murdaugh’s head with a bullet.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
The dress also grazed the red carpet at the time, indicating that Roberts has since had the gown hemmed.
—Starr Bowenbank, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
In the distance, cows grazed on rolling meadows.
—Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
Reindeer moss, used as a mulch for containerized plants, is a fibrous chartreuse lichen grazed by caribou and reindeer in Arctic lands.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
One of Kirkley’s bullets grazed Faulkner’s chest as Staton’s blood splattered onto her, the family’s wrongful death lawsuit says.
—Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2025
One bullet grazed a 48-year-old man who was sitting in the bar.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
Helm’s valley, though it is being grazed by herds, hunted across by packs and stooped upon from above, seems a bit – dull.
—Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
Jawad was grazed in the leg in the shooting, Macomb County officials said.
—Christina Hall, Freep.com, 22 Oct. 2025
The plot failed when Curtis Edward Smith grazed Murdaugh’s head with a bullet.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
The dress also grazed the red carpet at the time, indicating that Roberts has since had the gown hemmed.
—Starr Bowenbank, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
In the distance, cows grazed on rolling meadows.
—Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
Reindeer moss, used as a mulch for containerized plants, is a fibrous chartreuse lichen grazed by caribou and reindeer in Arctic lands.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
One of Kirkley’s bullets grazed Faulkner’s chest as Staton’s blood splattered onto her, the family’s wrongful death lawsuit says.
—Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2025
One bullet grazed a 48-year-old man who was sitting in the bar.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Grazed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grazed. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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