Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slurred
Verb
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The Minnesota academic later insulted Kirk's intellect.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
18 Oct. 2025 -
Holmes insulted the man, throwing hundred-dollar bills at him.—
Luke Cyphers,
Sportico.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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The tawny owl’s dark release of song quavered from the pine wood.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Sep. 2025
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Many Idaho liberals of all ages were especially affronted by the fact that the Israeli government paid for the lawmakers’ travel, said Olivia Luna, the president of Idaho’s Babe Vote, who signed the letter as an individual calling for Rubel’s resignation.—
Sarah Cutler,
Idaho Statesman,
30 Sep. 2025
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Thinking about it that way invests meaning in an anecdote Norris related about a member of the copy department so affronted by something a colleague had done that she was inspired to pick up an object and hurl it in that colleague’s general direction.—
Ben Yagoda,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Singing only in Spanish, the unassuming math teacher crooned his way into our hearts within seconds.—
Andy Swift,
TVLine,
7 Oct. 2025
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The black-and-white video featured special appearances by his wife Hailey and their son Jack as Bieber crooned.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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However, characters with mental health conditions were primarily presented in a negative context and often stigmatized or disparaged.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
20 Oct. 2025
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Both would be famous, both see themselves as liberators, and both be disparaged with racial slurs.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Offense has largely hummed when Bo Nix is decisive.—
Joe Nguyen,
Denver Post,
29 Sep. 2025
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Lost in our mind frequency, which hummed loud now like a drone.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Advertisement Instead of being celebrated as trailblazers, these women are mocked by the press, underestimated by their colleagues, and belittled by society at large.—
Isadora Wandermurem,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
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Trump previously belittled his predecessor, former President Joe Biden, for using a teleprompter to give his speeches.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
23 Sep. 2025
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Just before their big win, the Warriors on NBCS trolled the 21-time All-Star by posting a photo with a bold caption aimed his way.—
Ricardo Klein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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Newsom previously trolled the Twins (1988) actor on social media in August when his co-star Danny DeVito contributed a $1,000 donation to the Yes on 50 campaign.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Slurred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slurred. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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