funked

past tense of funk

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for funked
Verb
  • Opting to take a lineout from a handy penalty — a theme of the first round in which teams generally have shunned kicks at goal — Scotland probed the narrow side then scored on the open side through Brown to make the lead nine points.
    ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026
  • Artificial intelligence infrastructure — Traders shunned high-flying stocks that are behind the AI buildout as the second half got underway.
    Davis Giangiulio,Darla Mercado, CFP®, CNBC, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • Collin Morikawa birdied 18 to catch Scheffler and ducked into the clubhouse at 20 under as the rains descended upon the TPC River Highlands.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2026
  • Soon enough, patrons figured out there was a movie star in their midst and began clamoring to meet him, so Damon ducked behind the bar to hide.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • Orton, who began as a folk/trip-hop musician 30 years ago on debut record Trailer Park, has held onto the melancholia of her early music, but largely eschewed the electronic dance beats that defined her work.
    David Harris, SPIN, 29 June 2026
  • His writing frequently eschewed basic grammar and punctuation.
    Graham Kates, CBS News, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • Malepeai, her co-defendant Freddie Lee Davis III, and two others who avoided federal charges were identified by police as members of a robbery crew that committed violent purse snatchings around the Bay Area.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 24 June 2026
  • After not being present for voluntary activities throughout the offseason, Pickens avoided a contract holdout situation and reported to The Star for the first time since the conclusion of the 2025 season.
    Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • Newsom's counter proposal calls for a federal minimum tax rate on Americans worth more than $100 million, rather than a state level one-time 5% wealth tax that the governor argues could be dodged by billionaires who could leave the state for another.
    Juhi Doshi, ABC News, 26 June 2026
  • Canada thus dodged a tougher opponent and a hostile environment.
    Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Verb
  • Ocasio-Cortez notably sidestepped Platner’s candidacy in Maine even as other progressives defended him from the controversy surrounding his infidelity and old social media posts.
    David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 4 July 2026
  • The Booksmart actress sidestepped questions about the PDA pictures in a June 2025 interview with Vanity Fair.
    Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • Thousands of fans in Mexico lost their minds and shook the earth.
    Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
  • Multiple explosions shook central Kyiv and reverberated across the capital throughout the night as thousands of residents rushed to bomb shelters and underground metro stations.
    Gleb Garanich, USA Today, 2 July 2026
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“Funked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funked. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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