osculated

Definition of osculatednext
past tense of osculate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for osculated
Verb
  • Rockies leadoff hitter Eric Young, in the team's first plate appearance at Mile High Stadium, smacked a home run to the seats in left-center field on April 9, 1993.
    CBS News, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The pair also didn’t spare the spin duo of Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy, who was smacked for 25 runs by Sharma in one over during the power play as Hyderabad cruised to 84 in the sixth over.
    ABC News, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Joveljic’s left-footed curler kissed the inside of the post and gave SKC a sliver of a chance.
    Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2026
  • The athlete kissed her belly in the adorable clip, which was captioned with a red heart emoji.
    Hannah Malach, InStyle, 3 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The pair reunited at the Palm Springs International Film Awards and smooched on the cheek.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Thomas Lennon smooched a pooch, and Falkor glided through the halls of the Indiana Convention Center.
    Max Gersh, IndyStar, 28 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Plastic products are partly made out of oil, which has gone up more than 40% since the start of the war in late February.
    Julian Torres, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Photons, which are massless, could be made out of massive particles in de Sitter space.
    Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 30 Mar. 2026
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“Osculated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/osculated. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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