injected

past tense of inject

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of injected Last week, Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike survived after prison officials injected her with two rounds of lethal drugs. — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026 Murakami’s kooky, imaginative aesthetic injected an entirely new spirit into the brand without reducing it to a gimmick. — Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026 Roughly half of the 10 patients in the study had some vision restoration after researchers injected them with a gene to make their retina produce a light-sensing protein so that it could be manipulated. — O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026 The researchers injected mice with varying doses of CP55940, a synthetic cannabinoid that mimics the effects of tetrahydrocannabinol, or TCH, the main psychoactive compound in weed. — Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2026 Richard Gray, co-founder of the old-Western-style Yellowstone Film Ranch roughly 30 minutes south of Livingston, said movie productions had injected tens of millions of dollars and thousands of jobs into the region in the last decade alone. — ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026 It’s typically eaten spread on scones or toast, injected into pastries or used as a layer in frosted layer cakes. — Carolynn Carreño, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026 Pike has been hospitalized for nearly a week after being injected with two ostensibly fatal doses of pentobarbital, her attorneys said. — Devon M. Sayers, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026 The disposal well, named the Flying Monkey, injected oil field wastewater underground and sat roughly a quarter-mile from two municipal groundwater supply sites that served the small city of Enid in northwest Oklahoma. — Nick Bowlin, ProPublica, 5 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for injected
Verb
  • The modified biochar was then inserted between layers of two biodegradable plastics, polylactic acid (PLA) and polybutylene adipate-co-terephthalate (PBAT), therefore creating pathways that could absorb and weaken electromagnetic waves.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Bake for 31 to 34 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with a few moist crumbs attached.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Everyone duly introduced, the crew gets to work preparing for the first charter.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2026
  • First introduced on Italy’s Canale 5 in 1999, the word game has appeared in more than 10,000 episodes across 12 countries, according to Good Formats.
    — Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026

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“Injected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/injected. Accessed 15 Oct. 2026.

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