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drugged

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verb

past tense of drug

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Recent Examples of drugged
Adjective
In fact, Dan (Penn Badgley) is the sole believer in the story that Serena was drugged. Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025 The drugged murderers are disassociated in every sense. Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025 The dude can work in Van Halen song titles or stupid words from drugged-out journalists on demand and on command. Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025 Then, Wes shows up with Jules Zoblonsky (John Ales), our resident creep who hangs around the scene, who not only put his hand up another hostess’s skirt, but also drugged Anna’s drink the night of her assault, as later confirmed by security camera footage. Andy Andersen, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for drugged
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drugged
Adjective
  • Other teams soon showed that astrocytes in dishes, brain slices, and even anesthetized animals responded to various neurotransmitters.
    Ingrid Wickelgren, Quanta Magazine, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The lyrics have the same anesthetized ennui as in emo rap and the new wave of online rock, but the beats are menacingly new and dead-set on defacing your consciousness.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 17 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Angela Craig, the mother of his six children, was hospitalized on March 15, 2023, and died three days later after having a severe seizure.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The other man who firefighters rescued from the burning home remained hospitalized Thursday afternoon.
    Kendrick Calfee February 5, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • The boy is stupefied, snot intermingling with the puke dripping from his mouth to his navel.
    Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Rudzena and his church Good Shepherd New York, which Savannah Guthrie attended and Nancy joined online from Arizona, held a prayer vigil for Savannah Guthrie's mother last week.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Truitt attended the Air Force Academy to earn her undergraduate degree, but experiencing bouts of airsickness on military planes led her to explore a different path.
    Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Offer this Cowboy Pasta Salad at your tailgate as a refreshing, chilled side that still packs the heat.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 4 Feb. 2026
  • This is especially true in warmer environments, says Dardarian, because chilled or room-temperature water helps regulate body temperature.
    Julia Ries Wexler, Outside, 4 Feb. 2026

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“Drugged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drugged. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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