rifled

past tense of rifle

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of rifled Curtis was grabbing Hernandez, while Strickland rifled off multiple punches. James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025 The pair combined again shortly after the hour-mark, with City’s new signings teeing up Haaland by cutting the ball back across the box, before the Norwegian rifled the ball past Sa. Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025 Xander Bogaerts tried the same to lead off the second inning; Smith rifled a throw to second baseman Miguel Rojas to mark the Padres’ third out on the bases in a span of just five hitters. Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rifled
Verb
  • Every bag and piece of equipment that comes through security on Sunday will be scanned and thoroughly searched.
    Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Six officers searched their residence, and the couple were detained for eight hours over a spat with Cowley Hill Primary School.
    Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Paper tickets have become rarer, as digital tickets are scanned in at venues everywhere.
    Arpan Lobo, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Every bag and piece of equipment that comes through security on Sunday will be scanned and thoroughly searched.
    Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Ekstrom had founded and sold her 7-figure social impact company, Headbands of Hope.
    Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The company was founded by a Xavier University graduate, Peter Klekamp, in 2001 as a real estate management firm focused on multifamily and industrial properties.
    Randy Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Victor Campos gently combed away sawdust clinging to Oden’s hide as an auctioneer’s voice echoed Saturday through the Gold Country Fair.
    Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The explosion of attention was traumatizing — death threats slipped under her dorm room door, paparazzi combed through her trash, and she was forced off campus with round-the-clock security.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Rifled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rifled. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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