tarred

past tense of tar

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tarred
Verb
  • Laptop screens get spattered, smeared, dusty, and dirty from frequent use.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Jason’s windshield was smeared, and the late-afternoon sunlight came through hazily.
    Akhil Sharma, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The former president had probably dreamt of the moment of her upcoming detention before, imagining crowds of frenzied supporters standing between her and the police , unwilling to allow their leader to be soiled by the dirty hands of the crooked security forces.
    Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Watching Burrow run around like he was being attacked by bees in the backfield might have left more than a few pairs of underwear soiled in the Greater Cincinnati area.
    Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • For the most part, this is about strained resources, not sullied reputations.
    Emma Whitford, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • That means the air on the Colorado Plateau — when not sullied by the ever-lengthening wildfire season — has become cleaner as the coal industry faded away.
    Jonathan Thompson, Denver Post, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The area is significantly polluted with DDT, a chemical used as an insecticide that was banned in 1972.
    Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Other public speakers, like Tabitha Fader, said the reroute would cause irreparable harm if wetlands and rivers were polluted during pipeline construction or in the event of a spill.
    Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Corben’s film re-examine’s Deen’s life story, as well as the scandal that tarnished her reputation.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Suarez, one of the greatest strikers of his generation, has a history of disciplinary issues that has tarnished his legacy.
    Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The name comes from how their interior walls were blackened from burning peat.
    Lauren Frayer, NPR, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Currently, according to Applebee's website, menu items include bourbon street chicken and shrimp, hot honey glazed chicken and blackened Cajun salmon.
    Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The tequila daisy cocktail, served in a clay cantarito cup smudged with sumac salt, is piquant with ancho verde, mellowed with summer strawberry.
    Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Jenna Ortega’s eyes are lightly smudged, framed by dark shadows.
    Ella Alexander, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Buggs’ public defender also suggested that Alameda County prosecutors’ case was tainted by that bias.
    Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
  • That Anniston’s offer is tainted is a given; that Charles is making a deal with a very bad man is obvious.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Tarred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tarred. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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