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glued

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verb

past tense of glue

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of glued
Verb
Garden Art Wine corks can be glued together with a hot glue gun to create decorative birdhouses and wreaths to display in the garden. Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 29 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for glued
Adjective
  • Unlike clip- and tape-ins, these are pre-bonded strands that use partial keratin — a protein already found in the hair — as an adhesive.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 19 May 2026
  • Yet advocates say bonded labor is still rampant in the sugar industry, as recent incidents in Maharashtra have shown.
    Haziq Qadri, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 May 2023
Verb
  • Over a century later, the Himalayan blackberry has spread far beyond the modest backyard bounds its importers envisioned, opting instead to take over indiscriminately and displace the native trailing blackberry (Rubus ursinus) in the process.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 25 June 2026
  • What The $10 Million Cap Changes At the old $1 million ceiling, operational risk was bounded by the dollar amount.
    Sabeer Nelliparamban, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Adjective
  • Your body will eventually expel the stuck parts as the wound heals.
    Kate Wong, Scientific American, 22 June 2026
  • While the lyrical concerns remain sadly relevant, Terrestrials can’t help but feel stuck in time.
    Cassidy Sollazzo, Pitchfork, 19 June 2026
Verb
  • The solarium also has front and back sliding doors for improved circulation, fastened with magnetic door locks.
    Mia Huelsbeck, PEOPLE, 21 June 2026
  • Advertising signs should not be fastened to a staff or halyard from which the flag is flown.
    Darleene Powells, Boston Herald, 10 June 2026
Adjective
  • Iran-Qatar talks today will cover the implementation of Tehran’s agreement with the US, as well as its frozen assets, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said Tuesday.
    Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 1 July 2026
  • All night long there was the ringing clatter of picks and shovels; the Germans were digging trenches in the frozen ground.
    Vasily Grossman, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • The real breakthrough is continuous data lineage fused with identity-aware governance, where every dataset, permission and transfer is traceable in real time.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Gompers’s line drawings fused Heinz Edelmann with the woodblock frontispiece of the Chinese translation of the Diamond Sutra.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 June 2026
Adjective
  • Oil tankers and cargo vessels remain anchored off Oman on Sunday.
    Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 25 June 2026
  • The Golden Knights play a center-release system, where their defensemen don’t travel above the tops of circles, and both defensemen stay anchored close to their net, and their center does most of the work.
    Pierre LeBrun, New York Times, 1 June 2026
Verb
  • But a new fastest time from UAE’s Florian Vermeersch on June 2 of this year — 23km at an average speed of 75kmh — suggests that not everyone has adhered.
    Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 29 June 2026
  • The report found that excessive moisture had caused the adhesive to fail, leaving the roofing membrane no longer properly adhered, according to the lawsuit.
    Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 16 June 2026

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“Glued.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glued. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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