palped

past tense of palp

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for palped
Verb
  • The agency also suggested washing items and surfaces that may have touched the formula using hot, soapy water or a dishwasher.
    Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026
  • One also alleged Busfield touched his genitals several times, according to the criminal complaint.
    Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 18 June 2026
Verb
  • At first, [it] maybe could have felt like a caricature.
    Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
  • Brook's impact is felt across the department.
    Dawn White, CBS News, 17 June 2026
Verb
  • Long bangs, which brushed the tops of her oversized black glasses, added more bounce and fun to the overall hairstyle.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 18 June 2026
  • Brain fog was brushed off as stress or aging.
    Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 17 June 2026
Verb
  • But another pierced the car’s windshield, grazed the steering wheel and one of Fahd’s fingers before striking his son, Sam, in the head.
    Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 13 June 2026
  • China is building some of the world’s largest solar farms on the Tibetan Plateau, where nomadic people have grazed herds of animals for millennia.
    Sanggay Tashi, The Conversation, 11 June 2026
Verb
  • As the ball landed safely on the other side of the left field fence at Nationals Park on Monday, Dylan Crews clenched his fists and let out a scream.
    Danielle Allentuck, Washington Post, 16 June 2026
  • An accompanying photograph shows Glimcher holding the viewer’s gaze, his right hand outstretched on the desk, clenched in a tight fist.
    Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 4 June 2026
Verb
  • The decision to move elections to November shaved several months off the existing terms of the mayor, vice mayor and commissioners.
    Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 12 June 2026
  • Fermin’s second home run in as many days after going deep for the first time in 121 plate appearances briefly shaved the Padres’ deficit to 4-2 in the fifth inning.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2026
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“Palped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palped. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.

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