strapped

past tense of strap

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for strapped
Verb
  • Friday’s output tied for the second-most runs in a game for the Sox.
    LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026
  • The score was tied, 1-1, when reliever Huascar Brazobán entered to begin the seventh, replacing Thornton, who had thrown 78 pitches.
    Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 27 June 2026
Verb
  • At Dolce & Gabbana, models wore clusters of jeweled cameos and crystals cinched at the waist.
    Scarlett Conlon, CNN Money, 24 June 2026
  • Malia Obama wore an oversized light gray blazer, cinched at the waist, over a dark gray miniskirt.
    Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 18 June 2026
Verb
  • Over a century later, the Himalayan blackberry has spread far beyond the modest backyard bounds its importers envisioned, opting instead to take over indiscriminately and displace the native trailing blackberry (Rubus ursinus) in the process.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 25 June 2026
  • What The $10 Million Cap Changes At the old $1 million ceiling, operational risk was bounded by the dollar amount.
    Sabeer Nelliparamban, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Verb
  • Rolling around inside my coffin would be a gigantic ball of hair trussed by a Möbius strip of fingernail.
    Esther Yi, New Yorker, 14 June 2026
  • For the last 15 or so years, celebrities have been, in general, more trussed up, as red carpets have become a heightened economic prospective for stars and designers alike.
    Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Clapper’s work was threaded through the wave of Syracuse rape cases.
    Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 30 June 2026
  • In one of prettiest team goals of this tournament, Ayase Ueda skillfully found Ritsu Doan, who threaded it to Maeda.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • But they also are tethered together in a vital and distinct way, coalescing here as nowhere else even while reflecting something deeper and broader that this particular World Cup has come to mean.
    Vahe Gregorian July 4, Kansas City Star, 4 July 2026
  • Every second an algorithm is tethered to a decades-old core system is a competitive loss.
    Naureen Hassan, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
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“Strapped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strapped. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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