quirted

past tense of quirt

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for quirted
Verb
  • Trump slashed access to healthcare benefits and prohibited deferred action holders from obtaining or using commercial driver’s licenses.
    Lauren Villagran, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026
  • Cuts to funding for people with disabilities, rising tuition costs and slashed teacher salaries would all be on the table, said Fogle, a Springfield Democrat.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • Fae introduced Amad for No 8 Christ Inao Oulai and switched Bonny with Elye Wahi in a like-for-like change.
    Liam Tharme, New York Times, 1 July 2026
  • Many students may not even have an analog clock in their home, and some schools have even switched to digital clocks.
    Jillian Pretzel, Parents, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • Many on the right lashed out at conservative justices who joined the majority decision.
    Zac Anderson, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • The sting of the Australian box jellyfish has been described as being lashed with a whip dipped in burning acid, and is powerful enough to kill an adult in as little as two minutes!
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • Aceh’s Sharia court ordered the two people to be whipped with a rattan cane 21 times each for kissing without being married.
    ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
  • Impress party-goers with this Fourth of July colored layered dessert starring fresh berries, angel food cake, and whipped topping.
    Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • Another turn in a winning season that would have seemed improbable two months ago, when the Phillies flailed and manager Rob Thomson lost his job.
    Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 27 June 2026
  • Crow-Armstrong flailed and pounded the offering into the ground.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 8 June 2026
Verb
  • Critics and fanboy media thrashed Supergirl not just for its Guardians of the Galaxy touchstones, but also for aping Mad Max.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 29 June 2026
  • On Tuesday, Uzbekistan was soundly thrashed by Portugal 5-0 — significantly reducing the country's chances to qualify for the next round of play in this World Cup, the first ever for a Central Asian nation.
    Charles Maynes, NPR, 27 June 2026
Verb
  • In racy photos posted by Kardashian, the longtime Kardashian-Jenner family friend is seen toned and tanned, her hair messy.
    Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 23 June 2026
  • Blond, blue-eyed and perpetually tanned, Harmon served as Groucho Marx’s assistant on the 1961 CBS game show Tell It to Groucho, then starred as a girl in Hawaii who gets mixed up in a robbery in the beach party movie One Way Wahine (1965).
    Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • These scourged the poor harder than anyone else.
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 31 Aug. 2025
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“Quirted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quirted. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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