plashed

past tense of plash

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for plashed
Verb
  • Kyron flashed a wide, toothy grin toward a camera capturing the moment – an image that would soon be splashed on missing child posters and nightly newscasts across the country.
    Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 23 June 2026
  • Paris, Copenhagen, New York, and Los Angeles are awash in the nostalgic pattern right now, where it’s splashed over capri leggings, event dresses, and everything in between.
    Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • To root for #TeamBlack is to know that nothing good can come from impulse, and rueful laughter rippled across the lawn as Jace, eager to fight in his mother’s stead, locks Rhaenyra in her chambers to prevent her from risking her life in battle.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 22 June 2026
  • When the net finally rippled, Yamal dropped to the ground in sujood — an Islamic prostration of gratitude — in a moment that immediately went viral.
    Olivia Shalhoup, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
Verb
  • The Brown University grad, who clearly inherited his blue eyes from Parker, wore a graphic T-shirt and paint-splattered pants as well as a tank top for the photo shoot.
    Hannah Malach, InStyle, 2 June 2026
  • The money sets the stage for a potentially lopsided battle of opposing world views splattered across social media platforms and print mailers or expressed at doorsteps, as the campaigns seek to compel the citizenry to vote in the June primary.
    Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2026
Verb
  • But the rhenium that was bound to the organic carbon gets washed through rivers into the ocean, where it is incorporated into new seabed sediments.
    Howard Lee, ArsTechnica, 26 June 2026
  • In it, teenage best friends, Claire and Hailey (Levesque), discover a sassy mermaid named Aquamarine washed ashore after a storm.
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 25 June 2026
Verb
  • He was covered from neck to boots in fabrics soaked with permethrin—a pesticide modelled on the toxic pyrethrin found in chrysanthemum flowers.
    Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • Today, the England and Panama flags looked completely soaked by the time they were rolled up again.
    NBC News, NBC news, 28 June 2026
Verb
  • Since outrage bubbled up in Kenya, some other countries have negotiated shorter terms for sharing data and pandemic specimens, and have inserted additional protections, according to the Public Citizen analysis.
    Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 17 June 2026
  • Even soap prices bubbled up, as key ingredients became harder to source.
    Lauren Rosenthal, Bloomberg, 11 June 2026
Verb
  • During a session, the molecule is mixed with saline and dripped into a vein over one to four hours.
    Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 17 June 2026
  • The dress’s mermaid-esque skirt dripped in feathers all the way down.
    Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 9 June 2026
Verb
  • Serene spa music, a blend of classical piano and loudly chirping birds, trilled in the background as the machine sloshed and gurgled.
    Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Luis was dressed in his hospital pyjamas; his pained breathing fogged his mask while the oxygen canister gurgled and whirred.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
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“Plashed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plashed. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.

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