knapped

past tense of knap

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for knapped
Verb
  • Edd Kimber, the original winner of The Great British Baking Show in 2010, has carved out a career in the food world after his victory.
    Jane LaCroix, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Jackson carved them up in the passing game, then sapped their souls with his scrambles.
    Zak Keefer, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • His face is so meticulously chiseled.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Sculptor Roman Villarreal, whose portfolio includes works on Chicago’s South Side and at Steelworkers Park, chiseled the turtles out of 15,00-pound chunks of limestone.
    Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Stockholm, Sweden Threaded across fourteen islands and stitched together by 57 bridges, Stockholm is a city sculpted by Baltic waters and Nordic light.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The tiny leaves are easily sheared and sculpted into any shape.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Of course, Kenneth Branagh’s insane 1994 adaptation, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, probably hewed closest to the novel, and that movie and this one share a similarly frantic, gothic-romantic expressionism.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The judge said that the earlier date hewed closer to the requirements of the county charter, which says a recall vote should occur within 60 days of recall petitions being certified.
    Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Initially lined up outside, Chiefs defensive end Chris Jones quickly cut inside to beat the right tackle.
    Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
  • On the northeast of the fire, by Sugar Pine Mountain, crews worked in steep, inaccessible terrain to bring containment lines into the natural rock bluff, trying to cut the fire off south of the Wishon Reservoir for the protection of the critical hydroelectric infrastructure.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2025
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“Knapped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knapped. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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