queered

past tense of queer

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for queered
Verb
  • Israel must leave humiliated and defeated — and that is exactly what will happen.
    Mark Osborne, CBS News, 26 June 2026
  • The novel follows 16-year-old Abby, who is left humiliated after a private photo gets shared around school.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
Verb
  • Nelson left the hood dented, officials said.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 26 June 2026
  • Most shoes have a firm outer, which takes up more space in your suitcase and can easily be dented if not packed correctly.
    Rebecca Shinners, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • The fight was stopped between rounds, but fighters shouldn't be shamed or penalized for knowing when to bow out.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
  • Bonnie's new device Lilypad initially causes problems with this, leading her to be brutally bullied in a group chat and shamed into rejecting her toys.
    Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 20 June 2026
Verb
  • The Boston southpaw didn’t permit a baserunner until Spencer Jones, who botched a ball in center field a half-inning later, singled in the sixth inning.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 27 June 2026
  • Pulisic nearly scored again in the 63rd minute, but his quick shot off a nice pass from Berhalter was knocked off the goalpost by Turkey goalkeeper Ugurcan Cakir, and Brenden Aaronson botched the resulting sitter.
    Greg Beacham, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • Meanwhile, the very vocabulary of humanitarianism and antiracism has become so selectively applied or debased as to be meaningless.
    Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
  • Haphazardly propped on the ground with wiring and hardware exposed, the flags appear as symbols debased and emptied after centuries of misuse.
    Rachel Wetzler, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Khamenei’s 56-year-old son Mojtaba, who was wounded in the attack that killed his father, was appointed the new supreme leader in March but has not been seen in public or even issued an audio statement since then.
    Babak Dehghanpisheh, NBC news, 3 July 2026
  • Another 21 were wounded in the explosion at a popular cafe near the capital's main judicial complex, which was often frequented by lawyers.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026
Verb
  • The newest variants also rely more heavily on inertial navigation when satellite signals are degraded.
    Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • With these actions, Israel almost certainly delayed and degraded some adversary capabilities, especially those of Hezbollah.
    Amy McAuliffe, The Conversation, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • They are lacerated by propellers.
    Jessica Camille Aguirre, New Yorker, 2 May 2026
  • Some of the women were bleeding from their reproductive organs, while others had blood dripping from slashes on their breasts, their bodies having been lacerated with a sharp instrument.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Apr. 2026
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“Queered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/queered. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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