gunned (for)

past tense of gun (for)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for gunned (for)
Verb
  • The dress also featured bold colorblocking, with a white collar and front placket that ran down the dress to the waistline.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Cass said the preliminary information indicates that the victims and his friends ran down the street after banging on the suspect's door.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • André Marques was killed when the tram derailed during evening rush hour in Lisbon, Portugal and went careening into a building, Sitra (Transport Workers' Union) announced this afternoon.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
  • No children were among the 15 killed.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • However, Drummond's attorney, Bryan Huffman, noted there was no evidence presented during the hearing that showed Drummond actually shot any of the victims.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Sold by The Party Sales and shot against humdrum backgrounds, this is lead Théodore Pellerin’s show, who carries the film, seen in most every shot, often in close-up, a performance for which the Quebec actor won a 2025 Cannes Critics’ Week Rising Star Award.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • While Alexander-Arnold’s signing had been pursued by the club since last year, Alonso’s conviction and insistence were key in landing Huijsen, Carreras and Mastantuono.
    James McNicholas, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • While traveling with a driver and bodyguard, their car, pursued by paparazzi, crashed into a support column, flipped and landed in front of oncoming traffic.
    Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Nature meets medical robotics This innovative approach allows the microrobots to be tracked in real time and steered accurately within a life-sized anatomical model, marking a breakthrough in medical microrobotics.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2025
  • In the study, researchers tracked 12,772 adults averaging 52 years old for an eight-year period.
    Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Marable then came up with a fumble recovery to thwart a Red Oak drive as the Cougars trailed 20-18 at intermission.
    Mike Waters, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The Padres trailed by two runs in what had been a more lopsided game; in the top of the third, starting pitcher Nestor Cortes, who allowed a leadoff home run to begin the afternoon, surrendered back-to-back-to-back homers for the second time this season.
    Dennis Lin, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Gunned (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gunned%20%28for%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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