knapped

past tense of knap

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for knapped
Verb
  • Toklomati doubled the lead in the 47th minute when Inter Miami’s defense was carved open with incisive passing.
    Franco Panizo, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The roughly 20,000 Rohingya people that the United Nations refugee office estimates are currently in India have carved out a precarious existence.
    Esha Mitra, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • His face is so meticulously chiseled.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Sculptor Roman Villarreal, whose portfolio includes works on Chicago’s South Side and at Steelworkers Park, chiseled the turtles out of 15,00-pound chunks of limestone.
    Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Kilts and sculpted skirts moving with swagger, proving gender was never the point—attitude was.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Boox have sculpted something new with Android, and the Palma 2 is the latest to do so.
    Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Of course, Kenneth Branagh’s insane 1994 adaptation, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, probably hewed closest to the novel, and that movie and this one share a similarly frantic, gothic-romantic expressionism.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The judge said that the earlier date hewed closer to the requirements of the county charter, which says a recall vote should occur within 60 days of recall petitions being certified.
    Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Others have cut bills by a factor of five.
    Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Jobless claims hit their highest level since 2021 last week, adding to recent labor market revisions that have fueled confidence the Fed will cut rates in September.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Knapped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knapped. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.

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