grooved

past tense of groove

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of grooved After a sacrifice bunt and Sears’ eighth strikeout — one shy of a season high — the 29-year-old left-hander grooved a middle-in sweeper for Blaine Crim to yank out to left, some 439 feet from the plate. Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025 With its signature grooved aluminum shell, Rimowa’s spinners are both a fashion statement and a piece of travel engineering. Julie Loffredi, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for grooved
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grooved
Verb
  • An immigration detainer was filed in 2017, but he was released before ICE could act.
    Brooke Taylor, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • In documents filed in Davidson County, Tennessee, viewed by PEOPLE, the couple laid bare the terms of their divorce.
    Sean Mandell, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But in Houston [where SirDavis is finished, blended, and bottled], the high humidity means alcohol evaporates faster than water, so proof actually drops, similar to Scotland.
    Hali Bey Ramdene, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 Oct. 2025
  • There’s an athleticism and a cheekiness to the Hoggett school of stage movement — the street is always present, along with pinches of parkour, blended with elements of more traditional dance that would probably make a real posse of youths roll their eyes.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Prior psychological research has shown that openness is frequently correlated with higher levels of giving.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Research has correlated later chronotypes, those who typically fall asleep later than the average person, with a higher risk of chronic health conditions like heart disease and obesity.
    Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The lucky ticket scratched by Hawkins was for the $100,000 Extreme Cash game, according to lottery officials.
    Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
  • With the envelope rule enforced, the match was scratched and the scoreboard adjusted to 12–5.
    Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That corresponded to a 68% to 86% reduction in the probability of brain injury.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2025
  • This corresponded with a demographic shift for the blues, which fell out of favor with young Black audiences, who were turning to new funk and soul sounds, just as young white people were embracing it.
    Todd Longwell, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025

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“Grooved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grooved. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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