itched

past tense of itch

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for itched
Verb
  • Keanu, still annoyed from the veto ceremony, talked to Ava Pearl in the HOH room and called Rachel a liar.
    David Wysong, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Sep. 2025
  • This thrilled her base—and annoyed many casual listeners.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In fact, the aliens take a back seat to the human interactions, which irritated some viewers eager to see actual aliens in a show about an extraterrestrial invasion.
    Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • And she couldn’t be bothered to start things up again.
    Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
  • No one has ever bothered me for doing this.
    R29 Team, Refinery29, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • His not winning it was considered a failure, and that bugged him.
    Brody Miller, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The characters muse about the extreme likelihood that their apartments have been bugged.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • His deportation to El Salvador violated a 2019 court order that protected him from being deported to his home country because of concerns that he’d be persecuted by violent gangs.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Criminals are to be persecuted.
    Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 23 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Police reported the suspect got into an awaiting black SUV driven by a second suspect, and the pair fled the scene.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Boise State football got the train back on the tracks last Friday night, torching Eastern Washington 51-14 in the Broncos’ home opener to get to 1-1 on the season.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But the attacker re-aggravated his hamstring at the club’s training hub in Rush Green.
    Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Georgia also has an anti-hazing law that deems hazing a misdemeanor of a high or aggravated nature that is punishable by up to one year in jail.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2025
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“Itched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/itched. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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