queering

present participle of queer
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for queering
Verb
  • Liberals, who unfortunately make up the vast majority of sports media, will celebrate athletes endorsing/hanging out with Democrat politicians, while shaming those like Dart that dare to be conservative and Trump supporters.
    Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2026
  • Sometimes there can be a lot of shaming in religious settings.
    Louis Staples, Glamour, 27 May 2026
Verb
  • Atlanta was out-everythinged in an 83-71 loss to the Indiana Fever on Thursday, botching a chance at a statement game.
    Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 5 June 2026
  • He was taken into custody at the scene, after botching several sobriety tests, body-cam footage shows.
    Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • Instead of demanding personal fealty or humiliating them to assert personal dominance, Lincoln absorbed their egos and occasional slights, elevating their talents and turning his fiercest political adversaries into his most devoted champions.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 24 June 2026
  • The autocrat delights in humiliating so many people, not least tech billionaires, including Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg, who once opposed him.
    David Remnick, New Yorker, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • Vargas is accused of repeatedly whipping the cab’s hood with a belt, denting it, cops said.
    Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 16 June 2026
  • That also explains why the wall-denting video is such a strong showcase.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026
Verb
  • Yet the more important revolution may be occurring much closer to the front, where inexpensive drones are removing personnel, disrupting logistics, degrading air defenses and redefining the relationship between mass, maneuver, and military power.
    Hunter LaCroix, Baltimore Sun, 20 June 2026
  • With fewer cars coming in, fewer sales are going out, further degrading its standing with corporate.
    Byron Hurd, The Drive, 18 June 2026
Verb
  • Guess which mowing league isn't mutilating hedgehogs?
    Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2026
  • Tony Lee Hughes, 38, of the 600 block of Camelot Manor, is charged with Level 6 felonies of killing a domestic animal and mutilating a vertebrate animal.
    Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
Verb
  • Most of us would deny that any socially useful work can be or should be debasing.
    Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026
  • Blanche is debasing himself and the law in this shameful pursuit.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • That biography took the form of a dark romance between the self-lacerating Louis and his fiercely loving but brutal maker, Lestat, filtered through the former’s brooding subjectivity.
    Judy Berman, Time, 2 June 2026
  • The industry’s issues have come up in debates and on the campaign trail, certainly, but perhaps not so much as challenger (and ex-reality TV villain) Spencer Pratt’s lacerating AI videos about Bass’ role in last year’s devastating Pacific Palisades fires.
    David Bloom, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
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“Queering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/queering. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.

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