palped

past tense of palp

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for palped
Verb
  • Samples from the pockets of Walton’s jeans were tested and the results showed the one that was turned inside likely had been touched by Shockley, but not by Powell.
    Andy Rose, CNN Money, 26 June 2026
  • Nejat, who now works for another unionized airline, said no instructors touched trainees during uniform checks there.
    Emma Hurt, AJC.com, 25 June 2026
Verb
  • Rodríguez said that although the tremors were felt across the entire country, the areas hardest hit so far include Caracas, Miranda, La Guaira, Aragua, Carabobo and Falcón.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 25 June 2026
  • What at first felt fun — like guiding a sweet wayward child — soon felt like a crazymaking psychological experiment.
    Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2026
Verb
  • The premiere wasn't the only time the women brushed shoulders with royalty.
    Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
  • The striker brushed off criticism for his performance in Portugal’s first World Cup match to star in a brilliant 5-0 win over Uzbekistan yesterday.
    Ben Church, CNN Money, 24 June 2026
Verb
  • Antonacci has twice been challenged by opponents — unsuccessfully — on balls that merely grazed his jersey.
    Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 19 June 2026
  • 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
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
  • His head is freshly shaved and that same cheeky, yet surprisingly eloquent Egg-ness immediately comes through over our half-hour interview.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 26 June 2026
  • The Supreme Court ruled that a Louisiana prisoner whose dreadlocks were forcibly shaved off by prison guards cannot sue them under a federal law designed to protect the religious rights of prisoners.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 24 June 2026
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“Palped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palped. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.

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