queered

past tense of queer

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for queered
Verb
  • In the ongoing fight for women’s equal rights, Pawol had proved a female baseball umpire can be second-guessed, proved wrong and humiliated by technology and mocked by howling fans on social media just like a man can.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 2 June 2026
  • Villanova humiliated UConn, winning 81-61, after building out a 31-point lead.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 26 May 2026
Verb
  • After a pair of curveballs missed up in the zone, Rathbun laced a fastball that practically dented the right field wall.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 31 May 2026
  • The bodywork on a car is sensitive to high pressures, and can easily be dented.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
Verb
  • The crisis shamed the government, which was forced by its ombudsman to shutter the makeshift camp and relocate the migrants.
    ABC News, ABC News, 10 June 2026
  • The rest of us were shamed by omission.
    Laura Washington, Mercury News, 9 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
  • Haphazardly propped on the ground with wiring and hardware exposed, the flags appear as symbols debased and emptied after centuries of misuse.
    Rachel Wetzler, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Within this world no others exist, except as things to be debased.
    David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • At least one person was killed and 10 others wounded in a shooting in Midland, Texas, on Friday morning, and the suspect is also dead, officials said.
    Mark Osborne, CBS News, 12 June 2026
  • But 49 partygoers lost their lives and 58 more were wounded as Mateen fired relentlessly using a military-style weapon.
    Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2026
Verb
  • Iran is now strategically strengthened, even though its military assets have been degraded.
    Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026
  • Immune cells here degraded old and damaged red blood cells, accumulating iron from the hemoglobin for a short period.
    Kasha Patel, CNN Money, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • They are lacerated by propellers.
    Jessica Camille Aguirre, New Yorker, 2 May 2026
  • Some of the women were bleeding from their reproductive organs, while others had blood dripping from slashes on their breasts, their bodies having been lacerated with a sharp instrument.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Apr. 2026
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“Queered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/queered. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.

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