intimidated 1 of 2

past tense of intimidate

intimidated

2 of 2

adjective

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of intimidated
Verb
But the uninitiated shouldn’t feel intimidated to begin their Jia immersion here. Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025 None of this is about rescuing students who feel intimidated and indoctrinated. Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 30 May 2025
Adjective
The new cleat should be particularly appealing to racers – who need to snap back in as quickly as possible after dismounting – and to riders who are intimidated by the learning curve involved in using clipless pedals for the first time. New Atlas, 28 Aug. 2025 And so Mona, feeling a bit intimidated, planted herself in front of the painting. Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for intimidated
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intimidated
Verb
  • The first touchdown of the year was bullied into the end zone by Williams, who wouldn’t be done in this game.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The documentary tells the true story of a teenage couple relentlessly bullied via text by an anonymous harasser.
    EW.com, EW.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Family pets, especially dogs, are frightened by the noise and will hide or try to run away.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
  • In the first Nobody, Odenkirk’s Hutch has to reignite the sleeping assassin within himself after his family was frightened by a botched home invasion.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Not to the extent that the user is necessarily being browbeaten.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • His home’s security system was triggered and reportedly scared off the burglar, and nothing was stolen from the property.
    Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Some users were scared by the object.
    Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The series was originally based on a novel by Margaret Atwood and followed June's life in a dystopian world called Gilead following a Second American Civil War, where women are oppressed and only used in society for their fertility.
    Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Even the long oppressed Russian people would cheer.
    Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Then the Buckel brothers arrived, intent on doing the same, and Smith was startled.
    Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Another Epstein accuser looked up, startled, to see where the deafening sound was coming from.
    Josh Meyer, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The crushed garter snake is scrawled on the tarmac in an ampersand.
    Rosanna Warren, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Made to look like a creepy graveyard, Halloween dirt pudding starts with a layer of thick chocolate pudding that's topped with crushed chocolate cookies.
    Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • CEOs are cowed by the list, the FT’s Gillian Tett says.
    Diane Brady, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • My hunch is that many who in private criticize Israel or America’s support for Israel never say a word in public, cowed into silence by the sword of Damocles hanging over them — the omnipresent threat of charges of antisemitism.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025

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“Intimidated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intimidated. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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