strapped

past tense of strap

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for strapped
Verb
  • The game was tied with two outs in the third when Arenado's 22nd home run of the season put the Diamondbacks on top 3-1.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The Royals quickly tied the game in the bottom of the first inning.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • In the photos, Shaik could be seen wearing a two-piece yellow set that cinched under her chest to reveal her baby bump.
    Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The Cubs lost 10 in a row, but their postseason slot now looks almost cinched, barring unforeseen Cubbie-like occurrences.
    Jayson Stark, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The sow bounded away a few feet and then glanced back at him.
    Jan Thacker, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Although all of the solar system’s planets with atmospheres have wave-spawning disturbances, only Saturn churns them out looking like polygons, geometric shapes bounded by straight lines.
    ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 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
  • Food and drink Hints of the Meiji Era (1868-1912), the period in which the prison was built, are threaded through the hotel.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Within two years though, that alien landscape had matured into a sea of textured blooms and foliage, buzzing with life, punctuated by garden art, and threaded with inviting pathways.
    Teresa Woodard, Midwest Living, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The underwater drone, tethered to the ship with cables and about the size of a small car, was just above the ocean floor as the researchers and pilots searched for furrows potentially left by whales.
    Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
  • This wasn’t true, but the core idea was tethered to a real phenomenon.
    Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026
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“Strapped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strapped. Accessed 7 Sep. 2026.

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