kittened

past tense of kitten

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for kittened
Verb
  • Workers have complained of chemical burns from the waste material generated by the tunneling process, and firefighters must decontaminate their equipment after conducting rescues from the project sites.
    Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Its press releases criticizing the latest risqué scenes on broadcast and basic cable TV routinely generated media headlines — as did its deep-dive studies showing an increase of more adult content.
    James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Still, the hearing last year that reduced his sentence kindled some optimism.
    Amy Yurkanin, ProPublica, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Hearing his wife recall painful memories due to the family feud kindled a recent memory for Todd, too — an angry one.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Musk, the founder of Tesla and SpaceX, has fathered 14 children in total.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The exes share four kids — daughters Katherine and Christina and sons Patrick and Christopher — while Schwarzenegger also fathered son Joseph Baena with former housekeeper Mildred Patricia Baena.
    Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Metroid and Castlevania begot the Metroidvania; hell, today, practically every game of any high difficulty gets roped in with soulslikes (referencing Dark Souls).
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The Indian Adoption Program which begat the Indian Child Welfare Act.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • That film, about con artists who rob hundreds of millions from a Las Vegas casino, became a critical and commercial smash and spawned two sequels.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
  • It was spawned from the punk movement in the United Kingdom, when bands like The Cure, Sisters of Mercy, and Siouxsie and the Banshees set the soundtrack for this new scene—and their theatrical makeup set the look.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Bowie recently sired a calf there, making Fort Worth Zoo elephant matriarch Rasha a great-grandmother.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The brother lions sired several cubs over their long reign at the zoo.
    Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The idea propagated by Saturday Night Live skits and sitcom one-liners that Lilith Fair was a misandrist showcase for joyless, hormonal angst was totally alien to accounts of what being there actually felt like.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Using pure well water, wild yeasts (some propagated from its own fruit trees and beehives), local and heirloom grains, hops, and fruits, and house sour cultures, the brewery creates, ages, blends and bottles unique, small-batch beers exhibiting the wildness of Oregon terroir.
    Ben Davidson Correspondent, Oc Register, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The transcripts survive, in the Royal Library in Copenhagen, and have even been reproduced in facsimile.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
  • No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
    Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
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“Kittened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kittened. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

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