shrimped

past tense of shrimp

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shrimped
Verb
  • State police noticed the trailer wasn't sealed and Singh indicated the seal was inside the cab.
    Christina Hall, Freep.com, 10 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The small village is world-renowned for its excellent oysters, a delicacy that has been harvested here since Roman times.
    Tia Lovisa Moreira, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2026
  • According to the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board, cannabis flower harvested in the 1990s averaged around 5% THC; by 2022, the state’s average flower potency had climbed to roughly 21%, with some strains tested as high as 35%.
    Peter Su, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • While Stan and Bud fished the shore, Ed and I sat in a canoe casting into the tail of the current.
    Marc Terziev, Outdoor Life, 25 June 2026
  • Because the pond has been very fished.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 27 May 2026
Verb
  • Johnson was the first player picked by new Mavericks team president Masai Ujiri.
    Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 June 2026
  • In Wheeler’s recent story paneling a dozen scouts anonymously on draft prospects, not one picked Verhoeff as the best in the defense class.
    Joe Smith, New York Times, 24 June 2026
Verb
  • So many of those parcels had been seized, stolen, or abandoned, or else were ticking away into the high season, cash millions worth of cannabis sown and soon to be reaped.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 June 2026
  • Year after year, his former (although now very distant) billionaires club has reaped a growing number of members — from tech titans to celebrities.
    Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Fortune, 12 June 2026
Verb
  • The compounding effects of high fuel costs along with the debt that helped finance the purchase and the upgrades to the planes accumulated quickly.
    Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 24 June 2026
  • Once those inflated bills went unpaid, interest, penalties and fees accumulated, often ending in tax foreclosure.
    Donovan McCarty, The Conversation, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • Dirt dike riders surround Baltimore police Police said large groups of dirt bike riders traveled through city parks in North and South Baltimore and gathered near Druid Hill Park.
    Adam Thompson, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • On June 13, hundreds of true believers gathered at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, California dressed in colorful, reflective, space-age outfits to watch a film and celebrate the existence of aliens.
    Brian Welk, IndieWire, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • Historians are in broad agreement that this year’s celebration has garnered far less attention than the bicentennial, marked in 1976, which generated blanket media coverage and widespread national excitement.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
  • The previous version of the bill had garnered strong bipartisan support in the 80-person Assembly, passing out of the chamber with 76 votes in favor of it.
    Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026
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“Shrimped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shrimped. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.

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