kneads

present tense third-person singular of knead

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for kneads
Verb
  • Penny pats Harry's snout and jumps at his face at home.
    Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
  • As a matter of fact, pats on the back are probably very few and far between.
    Nour Rahal, Freep.com, 10 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Our preferences mold reality almost just as much as our reality molds them.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • His Victor is the product of a coddling mother (Mia Goth), who dies young and leaves him emotionally adrift, and a domineering father (Charles Dance), who molds him into a brilliant but heedless inventor.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Technology works, but scaling it to a level that meaningfully impacts global emissions is an entirely different challenge.
    Peter Bendor-Samuel, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Otherwise, the oil works as a specialized scalp treatment, too, or to provide nourishment during protective styling.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That balancing act wouldn’t be possible without the mastery of Cooke and Wright (who also directed the first three episodes), whose tension forms the basis of every relationship and plot point in the six-episode series.
    Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Perhaps the simplest way to describe this phenomenon is to say that parasocial interaction is what happens when someone forms a relationship with someone or something else that is not able to facilitate full two-way communication in the conventional sense.
    John Werner, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Advertisement Cherry, freed from police custody, shows up at the house, and Laura chases her up and down the stairs with a knife.
    Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
  • For example, much of the industry chases bragging rights on public benchmarks, which rank models on tasks like math or logic puzzles.
    Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Kneads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kneads. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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