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slang

potted

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verb

past tense of pot

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of potted
Verb
Gaines inserts the tool’s probe into the soil of her potted plants, which reveals how wet the soil is. Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025 As for potted plants, Roynon recommends staying away from any spiky plants. Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Oct. 2025 When the craft is over, stick the end of the spoon into a potted plant to add a touch of spookiness in your home. Ellen Sturm Niz, Parents, 8 Oct. 2025 Uzbek artist Feruza Kholkhujaeva filled courtyards with potted plants that will slowly die, a portrait of grief. Dada Jovanovic, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for potted
Recent Examples of Synonyms for potted
Adjective
  • This was followed by the fried ravioli, which hit a spot that only a sufficiently greasy small plate can.
    Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
  • LaSyl Natural Cooking Oil Solidifier While fried foods are one of the world’s finest creations, making them at home is really a chore.
    Lauren Silbert, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • They are seeded third in the CIF Southern Section’s top playoffs division, Division 1.
    Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Meta’s model leaked just two years ago and seeded an ecosystem of imitations and refinements that moved faster than any licensing system.
    MSNBC Newsweek, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • When morality clauses first appeared in Hollywood in the 1920s, they were meant to protect studios from scandal—actors getting drunk, producers getting indicted, the usual mayhem.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Clara, grieving in her own way, sneaks out, gets drunk and high and sees her boyfriend without her mom’s permission.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Didn’t Barack Obama put in a basketball court?
    Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
  • But the complex pricing system that the company put in place instead cost it millions of visitors, Speigel said.
    Shannon Pettypiece, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • In one of the most harrowing scenes in the movie, a drunken Douglas Springsteen cajoles a young Bruce into a bedroom slapping game that begins to border on genuine physical abuse.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The jury convicted her of only drunken driving.
    Boston Herald staff, Boston Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Between 2019 and 2022, the project planted 8,425 evergreen trees and shrubs in Louisville's south end.
    Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Oct. 2025
  • New live oak trees were planted at Toomer’s Corner in 2015, where the tradition lives on.
    Jordy Fee-Platt, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Over time, all that bouncing around with wet clothing causes dryer balls to become matted, felted, and stiff.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The length will also keep most of your outfit dry, ideally for particularly wet days.
    Erin Cavoto, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Gianluca Consentino drilled the go-ahead extra point try, and Avon Old Farms had seized a 29-28 lead with 63 ticks left.
    Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The Jays’ leadoff hitter also reached safely against Yamamoto in the following two innings, first on an infield popup with a 100 percent catch probability that Freddie Freeman overran, then when Yamamoto drilled George Springer on the wrist.
    Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025

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“Potted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potted. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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