lassoed

past tense of lasso

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for lassoed
Verb
  • One partygoer grabbed a fragrance and practically bathed in the smokey orange accords of Rendez-Vous Ivory.
    Essence, Essence, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Natalia’s story grabbed the attention of the public in 2019 when Indiana prosecutors leveled charges against the Barnetts for allegedly neglecting a dependent.
    Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That Black boys and girls her age are sometimes snatched away in ways her white friends typically are not.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
  • When tickets to those shows went on sale and fans struggled to purchase seats snatched up by resellers, however, the vocalist expressed her frustration on her Story.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In late August, footage emerged captured by a drone slamming into the 50-year-old radio telescope.
    Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • One of the WorldView Legion satellites also captured imagery of China's ShiJian-26 satellite in June.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The 36-year-old safety was selected 29th overall in the 2012 draft and is the NFL's active leader in interceptions with 37 snared in his career.
    Trevor Squire, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
  • James Trafford, a former City academy kid signed from Burnley in the summer, found himself in that scenario as Tottenham pushed five players forward in a narrow and high press that snared the home side’s Nico Gonzalez.
    Stuart James, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Trying to pin down what a novelist actually believes is a sure way to get trapped in a labyrinth of misreadings and fallacies.
    Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Juno orbits Jupiter once every 33 days, and the trajectory brings the spacecraft through intense radiation belts trapped by the planet's powerful magnetic field.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Witt corralled the baseball but airmailed an off-target throw to home plate.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 24 Aug. 2025
  • The mine sits just north of the Duck Valley Reservation on the Sho-Pai’s homelands, an area their ancestors were forcibly removed from over a century ago when Europeans colonized the West and corralled them into the remote reservation with little resources on the Idaho-Nevada border.
    Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 19 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Georgia football just snagged a top spot in the college football rankings.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Additionally, the show snagged a nomination for Outstanding Drama Series.
    Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Corporate governance has long grappled with the challenge of information asymmetry—the unequal distribution of critical knowledge between management and oversight bodies such as boards and shareholders.
    Michael Hilb, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Quarterback Micah Alejado battled through an ankle injury and looked limited, while the team grappled with discipline issues, committing seven penalties for 65 yards and losing the ball five times.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Lassoed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lassoed. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

More from Merriam-Webster on lassoed

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!