chocked

past tense of chock

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for chocked
Verb
  • Every table jammed, every seat taken.
    Kate Belli, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
  • During his time at Dunbar, Tupac arrived most mornings with three thick binders jammed with loose-leaf paper.
    Jeff Pearlman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Jail shut down, conversations stalled In 2022, McFadden closed Jail North.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The program brings the Crandon School District up to $400,000 a year but is stalled in Congress awaiting reauthorization.
    Kayla Huynh, jsonline.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But Larry, a true cynic, was stuck in a different time, gagged and bound by a tireless insistence on creating art that subverted and satirized those same good old-fashioned family values.
    Michael Cuby, Them., 24 Oct. 2025
  • There was one particular pass that stuck in the mind.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier were among those arrested in an FBI investigation into sports gambling.
    Evan Drellich, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Jones was arrested in Las Vegas on the same conspiracy charges as Rozier and on charges linked to the poker case.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Hegseth also warned that such strikes would continue until those trying to smuggle drugs into the United States halted their operations.
    Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 23 Oct. 2025
  • A number of America's top employers have halted their sponsorship of H-1B visas for certain roles.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But despite his entreaties, including meeting with Putin in Alaska, floating sanctions relief, and threatening to cut off aid to Kyiv, the Russian president has refused to be charmed into giving up on his invasion.
    Mira Rapp-Hooper, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
  • For all roses except climbing types, cut off the top third of the plant.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But this freedom evaded Russia because the Soviet system was never fully dismantled.
    Kathleen Collins, Twin Cities, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Though the rookie showed promise in his first NBA action, the Celtics were dominated on the glass, dismantled in transition and thumped on both ends of the court throughout a destructive second quarter.
    Jay King, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Nampa woman, Alyssa VanPaepeghem, braked, but the cars still crashed.
    Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 22 Oct. 2025
  • But that happiness quickly took a turn when the mother quickly braked and stopped the vehicle, and sent him flying into the open area behind the driver's seat.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Chocked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chocked. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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