sallied

past tense of sally

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sallied
Verb
  • That figure jumped 26 percent over last year’s NLCS, which was the previous record in Japan.
    The Athletic MLB Staff, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The Boston Celtics and Cleveland Indians were publicly traded in the 1990s at major discounts to private values, and only jumped when they were taken private.
    Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The reason why a golden retriever tackled four flights of stairs to reach his owner has left internet viewers in hysterics.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Denegal landed on his right shoulder when he was tackled following a 17-yard run.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Abella and her friend Darcie navigate challenges, such as being captured by a bee, the new responsibility of receiving a magic wand, and helping a horse with a toothache, with grace and curiosity.
    William Jones, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
  • For each sculpture, Tolaas captured molecules present during its material creation, alongside scents drawn from the animals themselves, their habitats and their interactions with humans.
    Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The last northeastern gallery in this competition assailed Montgomerie so relentlessly during his match with Payne Stewart that the Scotsman’s father walked off the course on the front nine.
    Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The media giant also has announced plans to acquire most of Fubo and combine the pay-TV operator with Hulu + Live TV, creating a formidable sports-centric combination that critics and at least one shareholder have assailed as a potential monopoly.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 20 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But last week, the company was declared a transnational criminal organization by United States authorities, and Chen was charged in absentia in New York with money laundering conspiracy and wire fraud conspiracy, along with several associates.
    Helen Regan, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
  • An upstate New York prosecutor announced that a Buffalo man has been charged with murder after fire officials found his girlfriend and a newborn dead while responding to an apartment blaze.
    Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Besides being mugged by one of Iza’s henchmen, a brick was thrown through his window and his car was vandalized.
    Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Mamdani caught my eye and mugged.
    Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • At the time of the interview, at least four people had been killed and at least seven had been injured; dozens of others were still trapped under the rubble.
    Mosab Abu Toha, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Executives praised the film, which follows the Palestine Red Crescent Society’s failed attempt to save Hind, a Palestinian child who was killed in Gaza in 2024 after being trapped in a car under Israeli fire.
    Rebecca Keegan, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • On August 22, she was attacked while on a Charlotte light train in what police described as an unprovoked stabbing.
    Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Ruben Amorim’s men attacked with precision and purpose at Old Trafford.
    Carl Anka, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
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“Sallied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sallied. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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