honeycombed

past tense of honeycomb

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for honeycombed
Verb
  • The knife perforated the bone at the center of his chest, the sac that surrounds his heart, and penetrated the right ventricle of his heart.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 June 2026
  • The bullet penetrated his hip, thrust through his knee and shattered his femur.
    Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 6 June 2026
Verb
  • And of course there will always be readers who balk at SF, refusing to countenance that our lived reality is saturated with it, and that the time for earnestly realistic state-of-the-nation novels may have passed.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
  • Tom Steyer appears likely to finish in third place — a disappointing end to a campaign that saturated California’s television screens, social media scrolls and mailboxes thanks to the billionaire spending $216 million of his own money.
    Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
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“Honeycombed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/honeycombed. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.

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