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sharped

verb

past tense of sharp
as in lilted

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  1. hummed
  2. quavered
  3. trilled
  4. crooned
  5. warbled
  6. harmonized
  7. trolled
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  • The bleachers were packed, and for the first time all day the air hummed with genuine enthusiasm.
    — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
  • As the tattoo machine hummed across her leg, Savanna Georges watched another chapter of her faith take shape in ink.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of hummed
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  • The tawny owl’s dark release of song quavered from the pine wood.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Definition of quavered
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  • This was a funhouse reality, in which children were lost and predators roamed, but through which white harts leapt through shafts of sunlight, songbirds trilled, and where honey and berries and acorns might be foraged for free.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 July 2026
  • Femme tunes trilled in the background.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2026
Definition of trilled
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  • Social media videos of the tribute showed the crowd singing along as Musgraves crooned the 1977 hit.
    — Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Nat King Cole crooned about its kicks in a 1946 hit song.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
Definition of crooned
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  • Her distinctive voice has been Widowspeak’s emblem since the band first emerged, warbled like Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandoval over CB radio.
    — Linnie Greene, Pitchfork, 10 June 2026
Definition of warbled
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  • And because Poland is part of the European Union, many aspects of its tax system, especially VAT, is harmonized with the EU law.
    — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Designed by quietly visionary Kyoto architect Shiro Miura of Rokukaku-ya studio, the village-like composition echoes ancient Japanese Jomon settlements, with architecture gently harmonized with nature.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 June 2026
Definition of harmonized
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  • Boys trolled the streets bearing sticks, sometimes embedded with nails, both to lift hats from an unsuspecting wearer’s head and to physically intimidate those who resisted.
    — Michele Metych Britannica Editors Sep. 4, Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 Sep. 2026
  • After his victory, Moskowitz trolled the online influencer Hasan Piker, who was a high-profile booster of Larkin’s campaign.
    — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of trolled
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