gummed

past tense of gum

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for gummed
Verb
  • The NewCows the drones brought us were odd animals, and even odder once clumped together in a herd.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Conceptualized and brought to life by makeup artist Kenya Rucker and hair stylist Kira Dior, the glam highlights see Palmer don tight, ginger coils, electric blue eye shadow and intentionally clumped lashes for her ’70s moment.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Verb
  • The Broncos defense played with their food, chewed it up and spit it out in Week 1 against the Titans.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The leaves will be skeletonized or defoliated, or the needles of conifers will be chewed down to the branches.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Show Viz Nuno Espirito Santo’s Nottingham Forest had counter-attacking licked.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The afternoon sun licked the windscreen of the car, and the heat boiled my skin.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But the big keyhole was plain, oiled, in use.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • On Starz’s latest offering, every wall is realistically grimed, and every plaid is laid just so.
    Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • This interview has been edited and condensed.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
  • This interview has been condensed and edited for length.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The former president had probably dreamt of the moment of her upcoming detention before, imagining crowds of frenzied supporters standing between her and the police , unwilling to allow their leader to be soiled by the dirty hands of the crooked security forces.
    Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Watching Burrow run around like he was being attacked by bees in the backfield might have left more than a few pairs of underwear soiled in the Greater Cincinnati area.
    Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Investors lapped it up, sending the stock soaring.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
  • High walls ran between the dusty road and the hillside, and on the other side the lake sparkled and lapped.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Gummed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gummed. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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