quartered

Definition of quarterednext
past tense of quarter

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of quartered Close-quartered and stylish, the movie begins at a Gothic New England mansion where the wealthy patriarch Harlan Thrombey has been found with his throat slit. Anna Russell, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025 In the old days beggars were drawn and quartered in that square. George Packer, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025 Sprinkle quartered cookies over sherbet mixture, pressing gently into the mixture. Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2025 But there was no coup insofar as the military remained quartered rather than actively joining the protests or issuing a threat to compel the prime minister to resign. John Joseph Chin, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025 Large game like moose must be quartered before it can be handled. Maurice H. Decker, Outdoor Life, 17 Sep. 2025 This military incursion sparked the American Revolution and led to the Constitution's Third Amendment, forbidding troops from being quartered in homes during peacetime. Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quartered
Verb
  • Based on the crest fossil’s inner vascular canals and exterior texture, the team theorizes that the cranial accessory was likely housed in keratin and brightly colored.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Feb. 2026
  • But the aesthetic alone isn’t why the Grey, the restaurant housed there, routinely ranks on lists of the city’s best places to dine.
    Adam Kuehl, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • About 102,600 people could be accommodated daily through short-term rentals.
    Paris Barraza, USA Today, 18 Feb. 2026
  • This was partly out of deference to a president who thinks not of enemies but only of potential counterparties to be bargained with, bullied, swindled, or accommodated.
    Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Policyholders shared complaints lodged against State Farm over denials to pay for the cleanup of fire toxins, rebuild estimates well below actual construction costs and delayed checks for living expenses.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The impact from the collision with the deputy caused some of the gate posts to become lodged into the front of the Dodge Charger patrol car.
    Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • During the Cuban Missile Crisis my dad was camped out wearing his parachute under a wing of a C-130.
    Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2026
  • After returning from a January vacation, the Moores found a group of unhoused people camped on the back patio who did not leave, Moore said.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 4 Feb. 2026

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“Quartered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quartered. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.

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