hurdled

past tense of hurdle

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hurdled
Verb
  • But these luxury connotations have leapt from the glossy pages of magazine adverts and into real life.
    Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Fans leapt out of their courtside seats.
    Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Fox immediately jumped back in on the top power-play unit.
    Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Boise State came out of halftime down 32-22 and jumped into a quick 5-0 run.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 16 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Scarlett Johansson has conquered the superhero franchise, been nominated for several prestigious awards and years ago made her way into Saturday Night Live’s prestigious Five-Timers Club.
    Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2025
  • By contrast, Xinjiang was conquered in the mid-18th century by the Qing dynasty (around the same time the British were marching on India) and then claimed by the current People’s Republic of China after its formation in 1949.
    Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Atlanta snuck into the postseason before getting bounced in the Wild Card round.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Actress Hunter Schafer bounced in the second row next to musicians Zsela and Lizzi Bougatsos.
    Fiona Alison Duncan, ARTnews.com, 30 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The Lhasa block, bounded by fault-lines, forms southern Tibet.
    Joe Cash and Gopal Sharma, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The Lhasa block, bounded by fault-lines, forms southern Tibet.
    Joe Cash and Gopal Sharma, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Service is friendly but discreet, something the Swiss have mastered like few others.
    Everett Potter, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • That that's something that's really, really hard to replicate, and he's really mastered it.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • George swept the Irish in a 2017-19 home-and-home.
    Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The Cavs would get swept in the NBA Finals, but everybody knew James was here to win from that point on.
    Zach Harper, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • While this gross page count will include a small percentage of blank and skipped pages that will be subtracted in the National Archives’ final tally, the overall picture remains unchanged.
    Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
  • James skipped college to enter the NBA in 2003—the NBA banned drafting high school players two years later.
    Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Hurdled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hurdled. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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