smoked

past tense of smoke, slang

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of smoked The day kicks off with live German music from Alpen Musikanten and a menu stacked with bratwursts, smoked meats and pretzels courtesy of Outpost 36 BBQ. Tiffani Jackson Skinner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025 But even seniors who might have smoked in their youth need a little cannabis re-education because the plant has gotten significantly stronger. Peter Su, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2025 The finish evokes white grapes smoked over a variety of fragrant wood planks, along with an undercurrent of malt that helps ground each taste back to the base spirit. David Thomas Tao, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025 The men read, smoked, watched films, and wrote letters home. Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025 While smoking is a major risk factor for developing COPD, according to the American Lung Association, 1 in 4 people with COPD never smoked. Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025 In the nineties, everyone smoked cigarettes by the gross. Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025 These tiny tasty bites are smoked, well-seasoned, splashed with jeow som sauce and served on skewers. Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025 Other culprits can include baked potatoes wrapped in foil, smoked or fermented fish, certain sausages and cheese sauces, Policastro noted. Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smoked
Verb
  • The actress whipped out some ballerina dance moves to ensure each pair was still comfortable enough for any and all activities.
    Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
  • This mordant delight — about two young men who befriend one another in a support group for people who’ve lost a twin — whipped the Eccles theater into a frenzy with its cuttingly dark laughs and unexpected plot twists.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Iran, whose nuclear-weapons program the United States bombed in June, has the Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Residents in Gaza City told CNN of horrifying nights as Israel bombed the city from above and ground forces pushed into the outskirts of the city.
    Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Lewisville quarterback Tre Williams threw four touchdowns, three of them in the third.
    Cody Thorn, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
  • FanDuel, a popular online gambling company, threw them a Hail Mary by offering to restore express train service for the Philadelphia Eagles’ season opener against National Football League (NFL) division rivals, the Dallas Cowboys, on Thursday.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Growing up during the Lebanese Civil War, famed architect and designer Aline Asmar d’Amman was often cozied in her room, her nose buried in a book to dampen the noise from the bombs outside.
    Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Gomez and Morticia buried him, but kept his disembodied hand, which eventually became Thing (Victor Dorobantu).
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Both the real Roan and the dress version wore a bright aqua blue shadow brushed all the way up the lid, with a hint of amethyst purple dusted underneath her '30s-style skinny brows.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Turn dough out onto a work surface dusted with powdered sugar.
    Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 24 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Bernie Sanders was smothered and locked out by the corporate Democrats and media.
    Kim Gordon, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The service is graceful and nimble, too; diners are taken care of without being smothered, while tablecloths are meticulously ironed out (right in front of guests) when tables turn.
    Katie Chang, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The dust of Ogunleye, the crooked end of the street, the large canal by my uncle’s shop, the small stream of water that flowed behind our house into the large canal at the other end of the street, the foul smell that overcame the street the first time, the getting used to, the boys.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Carlos Alcaraz and Emma Raducanu were among the A-list Plastics, but Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori’s true partnership overcame the glamorous singles invaders.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Photos of the aftermath showed the front windshield on the roof of the bus shattered and nearly flattened.
    Michael Rios, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Entire towns were flattened, leaving more than 450 people dead, thousands injured, and nearly every building on the islands destroyed or badly damaged.
    Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Smoked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smoked. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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