harrowed

past tense of harrow

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for harrowed
Verb
  • Advertisement The investigation and its many turns The investigation was plagued by mistakes, leaks, and false leads.
    Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
  • If a fungal infection plagued your shrubs, rake up diseased leaves and dispose of them before adding a layer of mulch.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Lakers were down LeBron James, afflicted by nerve pain.
    Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The narrative takes a darker turn when a family member becomes supernaturally afflicted after witnessing a death, prompting a desperate search for spiritual intervention.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In Nazi Germany, transgender people were persecuted, barred from public life.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • This Committee was initially created during the McCarthy Era, a dark time when the federal government repressed and persecuted American citizens for their political beliefs.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • As of 2025, at least 130 people are known to have been tortured by Burge and his detectives.
    Omar Jimenez, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Another 11 suspected Tren de Aragua members were hit with multiple felony charges in December after a couple living in the now-shuttered Edge of Lowry apartments was kidnapped and tortured.
    John Aguilar, Denver Post, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The trio, paired with the Kookaburra ball introduced in 2020, have tormented visiting batters.
    Sukhman Singh, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Was Scott brimming with optimism for the future, as his brother maintained, or privately tormented, as his partner believed?
    Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Made in Italy is besieged, and action must be taken to safeguard the local supply chain and its reputation.
    Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Since its municipal establishment in 2018, Roku City has been a metropolis intermittently besieged by mythical creatures including a kraken, a big robot, and a Godzilla-like kaiju.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Harrowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harrowed. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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