palped

past tense of palp

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for palped
Verb
  • Some locations could see water levels reach a mark not touched in more than a decade.
    Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Your courage has moved the world and has touched me in ways that I have never been touched before in my entire life.
    Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Quinn felt the defense could improve on several things to further limit fellow powers down the line, but Grace Hagan, Kendal Cusack and Ella Dacey played a major role in the Porkers still only allowing just three total shots despite Canton’s elite firepower.
    Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Their 3-1 victory over the Brewers on Thursday, in a game that felt more comfortable than the score might have indicated, put them in position to get back to the World Series for the second year in a row, third time in six years and fifth time in the last nine.
    Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Misconduct is brushed off as business as usual, denied and excused at every turn, and much of it never comes to light.
    Micah Kimball, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Kingston brushed off the telltale signs of uterine cancer as typical aging, a mistake experts say can cost women their lives.
    Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The dress also grazed the red carpet at the time, indicating that Roberts has since had the gown hemmed.
    Starr Bowenbank, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
  • In the distance, cows grazed on rolling meadows.
    Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • To estimate 10 degrees in the sky, use the width of your clenched first held at arm's length.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • As a model named Carl, stuck in a relationship corrupted by microcelebrity and Instagram view counts, Dickinson ticks with exasperation and sarcastic logic, his jaw clenched, his eyes wide and staring.
    Carrie Battan, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • They may also be shaved in patches on their legs, for IV access to keep the pet comfortable and safe during any surgical procedure, according to the Mayfield Veterinary Clinic.
    Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The shot clock, normally at 24 seconds in a real game, is shaved to five.
    Tony Jones, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Palped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palped. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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