holed

past tense of hole

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of holed Seconds after Scheffler holed his 4-foot birdie putt, the horn sounded to stop play because of approaching storms that led to East Lake being evacuated. Doug Ferguson, Baltimore Sun, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for holed
Verb
  • Shrader moved 15 yards closer, and from 45 yards out drilled the kick through the uprights as Lucas Oil Stadium erupted in celebration of an improbable 29-28 win.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Aubrey — one of the very best in the league — had drilled a 64-yarder as regulation expired to force overtime.
    Zak Keefer, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Polish officials said Russian drones pierced their airspace 19 times from late Tuesday night to Wednesday morning.
    Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The morning sun barely pierced the haze over Maitighar Mandala, yet the atmosphere was electric.
    Sonal Nain, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • After McNeil refused to get out of his car, Bowers smashed the driver’s side window, punched McNeil in the head and pulled him out of the SUV.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The man, later identified as 39-year-old Ismael Hernandez-Padilla, pulled the woman into an empty lot, thenstrangled and punched her, police said.
    Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Holed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/holed. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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