rafted

past tense of raft

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for rafted
Verb
  • The King of the Mountain match was one of the unique bouts in the company as competitors fight to hang a title belt on a hook suspended above the cage.
    — Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • After launching investigations into the incident and initially revoking the five officers’ access to the systems, IMPD Chief Tanya Terry suspended and recommended terminating four of the officers after one already resigned.
    — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 23 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Shirts were punctuated by knife pleats that ballooned in the back, while cascading pleats fluttered down the side of skirts.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026
  • On Wednesday the prince was backed by a whole new set of lock-screen photos and said the number had ballooned.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 23 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Icebergs that barely fit into the frame of my wide-angle lens floated past.
    — Pier Nirandara, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Other cast members have floated potentially leaving the show.
    — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • During a July visit by the Tribune, four whales from Marineland swam alongside each other and played in an expansive tank.
    — Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The cast swam in the ocean every day; Buckley and O’Connor hiked the volcano every morning.
    — Alessandra Codinha, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The family sailed on the Lusitania in 1914, a year before a German torpedo sank the ship and killed nearly twelve hundred people.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Wearing a headband and a hard look, Chen took a breath and sailed over a man and two motorcycles.
    — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • For the ladies, Ron's crew provides cherries that are dangled over their faces.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The knot of a yellow tie dangled below the collar of a baggy shirt.
    — Ian Parker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • On a recent morning, surfers bobbed in the water off North Beach, not far from the rocky structure shoring up the train tracks by the sea.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
  • As the balloon carrying the cauldron rose and bobbed a couple hundred feet overhead, many got busy taking photos and recording videos and selfies.
    — Hannah Bloch, NPR, 9 Sep. 2026
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“Rafted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rafted. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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