brained

past tense of brain

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for brained
Verb
  • Just after noon, officers from BPD and the School Police Unit responded to a report of a teen stabbed in the Roxbury high school building, spokesperson Sgt.
    Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Frank was also found bound in the basement, stabbed multiple times in the neck and chest.
    Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Aztecs speared and ate them, and Catholic monks indulged on the aquatic delicacies on days they weren’t allowed to eat red meat.
    Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Then, at Saturday Night's Main Event in July, he was accidentally speared by Goldberg during his retirement match against GUNTHER, which resulted in a storyline rib injury for the official.
    Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • When Weissert followed by walking pinch-hitter Carlos Cortes, and third baseman Brett Harris clubbed a go-ahead RBI single, Cora rushed out to stem the bleeding; with virtually zero offensive production from his lineup, waiting for Weissert was a luxury the Red Sox could not afford.
    Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The Padres smacked four home runs and clubbed them, 8-1, at Coors Field to clinch the three-game series.
    Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Kickboxing robots flailed wildly before falling over, and some sprinters crashed into rivals.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 19 Aug. 2025
  • On Sunday, Merrill flailed at two sliders in the dirt from Tyler Glasnow before looking at a third down the middle for strike three to strand a runner in the first inning.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • After the Ophir Awards named The Sea, about a young Palestinian boy's dream of seeing the ocean, as its Best Picture winner on Tuesday night, Minister of Culture Miki Zohar lashed out at the organization in a statement that also threatened to remove the Israeli Academy's public funding.
    Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Instead of seeking help, her niece lashed out.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • With notes of caramel, maple sugar, and whipped coconut, Ellis Brooklyn’s latest launch proves that sweet can still be sophisticated.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 12 Sep. 2025
  • As the winds whipped across the seaside links-style layout, the competition heated up.
    Tim Corlett, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • When the pandemic hit, the Fed slashed rates, and Bitcoin initially crashed.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • While the rest of Burning Man celebrated, Kruglov lay prostrate on the ground at a faraway campsite in a comparatively desolate section of Black Rock City, his throat slashed, as a puddle of blood congealed around his lifeless body.
    Denver Nicks, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Just over three months after Paris Saint-Germain thrashed Inter Milan 5-0 in Munich to lift the trophy for the first time, European football’s most prestigious prize is up for grabs again.
    Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Really, though, the defensive problems against a Rangers side thrashed 7-1 on their last away assignment at Coventry City ran a lot deeper than a few misplaced passes.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Brained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brained. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.

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