piffled

past tense of piffle

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for piffled
Verb
  • But four years ago, Sorsby screwed up in a massive way.
    Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026
  • The two screwed up a top-rope stunner as Excalibur struggled to explain what happened like a 2026 Jim Ross.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
Verb
  • Because the devices are relatively new, hospitals do not always categorize the exact type of vehicle involved in a crash, and details such as speed are self-reported, meaning the data can be muddled.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 22 June 2026
  • This muddled the entire process.
    Tony East, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Verb
  • Rubio is the president’s top adviser on both national security and diplomacy at a moment when the United States has blundered into an unpopular war that appears to be a strategic catastrophe.
    David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 11 May 2026
  • Padres fielders blundered in three of his outings.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • But their strategy was fouled up when the car’s occupants switched on the headlights, throwing a glare up the tote road along which the wardens had planned to sprint.
    Dave Duffey, Outdoor Life, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Wild turkeys gobbled up Staten Island straphangers’ time on Monday, after a flock fouled up service on the Staten Island Railway.
    Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The magician boggled audiences with his card tricks and fantastical illusions.
    Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
  • They are boggled even more when told that the Fed creating a new $10,000 out of nothing for one borrowing bank could increase the total national money supply, currency plus bank deposits, several times.
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Thirty years after she was murdered, Aimee Willard is still honoring her legacy with a garden of sunflowers in Delaware County.
    Joe Holden, CBS News, 23 June 2026
  • Later on, Jaehaerys II is murdered in the episode’s climax.
    Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • Chisholm's followed with a liner off the base of the wall in right before scoring when second baseman Travis Bazzana botched a grounder.
    CBS New York Team, CBS News, 10 June 2026
  • Chisolm followed with a liner off the base of the wall in right before scoring when second baseman Travis Bazzana botched a grounder.
    ABC News, ABC News, 10 June 2026
Verb
  • Parents risk intervention if a child-protection agency determines that their drug use has impaired their ability to parent.
    Sarah Levy, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026
  • What that does is ensure that downstream water users are not impaired by our use of the roof runoff at this building.
    Olivia Young, CBS News, 13 June 2026
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“Piffled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piffled. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.

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