smoked

Definition of smokednext
past tense of smoke, slang

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of smoked To craft the burger, the team coarsely grinds — twice — the leftover pieces of meat and fat trimmed from either a brisket or shoulder clod, then forms 8-ounce-thick patties, which are rolled in a housemade all-purpose rub and 16-mesh pepper and smoked for two hours. Sam Flemming, AJC.com, 20 May 2026 The study published in JAMA Network Open followed 104 people who smoked daily and wanted to quit. Victoria Forster, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026 Starting pitcher Clay Holmes broke his right leg after getting smoked by an 111 mph line drive by New York Yankees designated hitter Spencer Jones in the Mets’ 5-2 loss at Citi Field. Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026 Staffers in the front office smoked, gabbed on the phone, and chatted with the illustrators and couriers stopping by the third-floor walk-up to drop off portfolios. Anne Kadet, Curbed, 15 May 2026 Take a summer boat trip for a close-up sighting before rounding off the day with a seafood platter at The Old Boathouse, which features hot and cold smoked salmon, pickled herring, mussels, and dressed crab. Rob Crossan, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 May 2026 The 29-year-old is alleged to have smoked a cigarette and then dropped it into a pile of cardboard boxes in the first-floor lobby of 207 Dyckman Street in the Inwood neighborhood of upper Manhattan. Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 12 May 2026 People who should currently get screened for lung cancer include adults ages 50-80 who smoked the equivalent of a pack a day for 20 years, who currently smoke or have quit in the last 15 years. Alice Park, Time, 12 May 2026 Its flesh, when smoked, is as meaty as steak, yet delicate and buttery-sweet. Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smoked
Verb
  • The latter is what marked the winds that whipped the region on Sunday and resulted in the death of a 61-year-old Santa Rosa man,killed by a falling tree.
    Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 18 May 2026
  • There’s also a menu of small snacks, with mezzes like hummus, tzatziki, whipped feta, falafel, halloumi, artichoke and eggplant.
    Connie Ogle May 15, Miami Herald, 15 May 2026
Verb
  • Most of the miniseries outside of a few have bombed.
    Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026
  • The battleship, now a military cemetery reachable only by boat, has stood as one of the nation’s most hallowed sites since Japan bombed and sank it in 1941.
    Jim Mustian, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • For a while, Djena kept a bin with her clothes in Saran’s closet, until Saran threw it into the hallway, angry at Djena for forgetting to close her bedroom door.
    Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • One way might be to hone a single, perfect statement—something narrow and vicious, a shiv to the ribs of the world that cheered your demise as your rival threw a Cheshire Cat grin at you from the Super Bowl halftime show.
    Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 18 May 2026
Verb
  • Actor Billy Gardell, a Pittsburgh native, walks a new security guard through it all with the schedule buried at the end.
    Teresa M. Walker, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2026
  • Research suggests Della Kinder, who mailed the card, was born in 1884, died in 1953, and is buried in Woodruff County.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 May 2026
Verb
  • Large metal trays and sieves were set out, and the oldest women, their faces marked with Amazigh tattoos, took their place around them, sleeves pushed back, hands already dusted with semolina.
    Boutheina Ben Salem, Vogue, 8 May 2026
  • It is then dusted with cacao and, poetically enough, resembles its namesake; a brick.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 7 May 2026
Verb
  • The reddish-brown mud that smothered Bok Kongphan's Hawaii farm has hardened in the tropical sun.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 May 2026
  • Moments later, Harris pressed again, but Marcinkowski smothered the shot at point-blank range to keep the visitors’ halftime deficit at 2-0.
    Daily News, Daily News, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • Adding the lemon zest to the sugar and butter when creamed together helps to extract the fragrant oils from the lemon zest.
    Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 11 May 2026
  • The beaters also creamed the butter and sugar faster than any other mixer, producing a perfectly light and fluffy texture.
    Mark Marino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Woad overcame a double bogey on the par-4 sixth.
    ABC News, ABC News, 17 May 2026
  • That alone is an achievement, but for Porter, a single mother of 11 who overcame hearing loss along the way, the accomplishment meant even more.
    David Chiu, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026

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“Smoked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smoked. Accessed 23 May. 2026.

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