jogged

past tense of jog

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of jogged Aaron Judge jogged and stretched on the field at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday, marking a significant step in his recovery from a broken rib. Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2026 Both sides jogged to the 2-yard line for five high-leverage plays. Mike Defabo, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026 Producer Cameron Mackintosh jogged out onto the stage, thanking those onstage for being a part of the musical’s generational legacy. Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 30 July 2026 After feeding coins into a meter, Darien Wharton, 21, of west Orlando, jogged across West Robinson Street to drop something at a friend’s apartment. Sara-James Ranta, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 July 2026 Jason Melara ran out of the hospital and jogged through traffic on Culver Boulevard with two men, whom police later identified as Daymonee Johnson and Mahki Taylor. Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026 Mbappé ran up the center of the field to celebrate his 61st international goal, colliding with Dembélé, and jogged to the bench to hug Deschamps, who returned for the match after going to France for his mother's funeral. CBS News, 1 July 2026 Chapman barely jogged down the first-base line after hitting an inning-ending pop-up and was removed from the game. Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 1 July 2026 Van Hecke jogged to the sideline after his blond hair had turned red from the blood. Andrew Greif, NBC news, 30 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jogged
Verb
  • Ohtani trotted home on his bad knee – which will prevent him from pitching indefinitely but not hitting – when Freddie Freeman dumped a two-out, two-strike RBI single into center field.
    Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 20 July 2026
  • Joe Biden famously trotted across the road shaking hands and kissing babies during Pittsburgh’s Labor Day parade in 2015.
    Salena Zito, Washington Post, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • One afternoon as a rookie, listening to coaches drone on in a dark room with film cutups flashing in front of them, his head bobbed.
    Alec Lewis, New York Times, 24 July 2026
  • Six young women — hair fashionably bobbed, shins covered by knee-high socks — posed in dark, modest swimming suits in the tiled abyss of an empty swimming pool.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
Verb
  • Investigators analyzed data from more than 1,700 participants in a long-running study funded by the National Institutes of Health.
    Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group runs both of the Whitney’s two dining outlets.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Michael Thorbjornsen pumped his right fist after making a 26-foot putt for birdie on his last hole to shoot 7-under 63 and reach 18 under to win his first PGA Tour title by two shots at the final Rocket Classic on Sunday.
    ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The quarterback pumped before launching the deep pass downfield.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • Fatal Influence sprinted out to a lead by isolating their opponents and thrashing them on the outside.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Lorena Wiebes again sprinted to victory in the second stage of the Women’s Tour de France on Sunday.
    ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Howard shook off a shooting slump to pour in a game-high 23 points on 5-of-9 shooting from three.
    Christopher Harris, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • In Damascus, over the course of a single week in July, two bombings shook the city.
    Lina Sergie Attar, Time, 6 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Once the squid gather near the surface, lines fitted with bait are lowered into the water and rapidly jerked up and down to imitate small prey such as shrimp, triggering strikes before the catch is reeled aboard.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 20 June 2026
  • Suddenly, the tent jerked and wobbled.
    Dolores Brown, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026
Verb
  • The costume nodded to the cover of D4vd’s first EP, Petals to Thorns, and helped Alvarez win a $1,000 fan prize.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Birdie nodded, though the answer was more complicated than a simple yes.
    Rachel Yoder, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026

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“Jogged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jogged. Accessed 9 Aug. 2026.

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