spritzed

past tense of spritz

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for spritzed
Verb
  • Federal agents responded with chemical crowd control munitions, including tear gas canisters and less-lethal guns that sprayed pepper balls.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Footage obtained by Fox News and photos by the Associated Press show two protesters, including a woman standing directly in front of a federal agent, being sprayed with what appeared to be mace outside the Portland ICE building.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • These pastries are made from laminated dough, rolled thin, sprinkled with sugar and baked until crisp, golden and flaky.
    Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • In 1903 and from 1905 through 1968, baseball’s World Series matched two pennant winners; teams went directly from winning the AL or NL to the championship best-of-seven (with a few best-of-nines sprinkled in).
    Zach Powell, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Spritzed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spritzed. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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