whaled

past tense of whale
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for whaled
Verb
  • Mesa smacked his first career MLB home run — a three-run blast 394 feet to right field — to provide the highlight of the night for the Marlins, who watched the Nationals circle the bases for most of the game.
    Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Continue reading … CROSSING THE LINE – Ravens' Lamar Jackson retaliates against fan after being smacked in helmet.
    , FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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
  • The afternoon sun licked the windscreen of the car, and the heat boiled my skin.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Paul Volcker, the chair of the Federal Reserve at the time, had licked inflation, and the stock market was rising after seventeen years of going sideways.
    L. David Marquet, Big Think, 18 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In the suburbs during the 2020 and 2022 assessment cycles, appeals to the board of review generally knocked commercial values below industry standards for accuracy.
    A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The boys knocked on Leon’s door several times and ran away, Julián’s cousin told police.
    Holly Yan, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Global energy firms slashed thousands of jobs after the 2020 oil bust, leaving a skeletal workforce.
    Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Trump maintained Friday that the economy would be adding jobs if Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell had slashed benchmark interest rates, even though doing so to the degree that Trump wants could ignite higher inflation.
    Josh Boak, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The rain pounded so hard Friday afternoon that Aventura police closed a portion of Biscayne Boulevard from 191st Street to 29th Avenue, near Aventura Mall, due to road flooding.
    Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Room for Disagreement Republicans have pounded every Sanders endorsee as a socialist and linked Cooke to her left-wing supporters, regardless of her alignment with their specific policy positions.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The matter is simply a new name slapped onto an old bottle.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The woman tried to free her hands, and the man slapped her,according to prosecutors.
    Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • These two hurricanes come after Hurricane Erin lashed North Carolina's Outer Banks with rough waves and coastal flooding last month.
    Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Some liberal commentators, however, have lashed out in response to the shooting, saying calls for prayer are tone deaf responses given the victims were inside a church.
    Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Whaled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whaled. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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