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verb

past tense of bake

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for baked
Adjective
  • Eventually, baseball—the sport of sunbaked afternoons, a sport made beautiful and strange by its exposure to the elements—may be unrecognizable.
    Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2024
  • By mid-morning, the sunbaked terrace is flooded with tourists and townspeople drinking palest rosé before lunch service begins in earnest.
    Sarah James, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Aug. 2024
Adjective
  • Or will the Golden State grow prematurely brown under hot, parched conditions?
    Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacramento Bee, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The National Weather Service said the parched Southwest will not see much rain, but will experience low humidity and high winds, elevating the chance of brush fires spreading quickly across dry vegetation.
    Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The storm impacts have been felt from the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes and Atlantic Coast as whiteout conditions forced people off the roads in the High Plains and wildfires broke out amid bone-dry conditions in south Texas.
    Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
  • The Aussie style is typically bone-dry with rapier-sharp acidity, chalk-dust texture, and delicate citrus and floral flavors.
    Christina Pickard, Bon Appétit, 5 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The controversy ignited when Al-Shaair delivered a late, hard hit on Lawrence while the quarterback slid on a second-quarter play in the Texans’ Week 13 win over the Jags.
    Rebecca Tauber, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • This unexpected turn of events not only marked a major setback for Punk but also ignited a fresh chapter in their bitter feud, leaving fans eagerly anticipating what's next.
    George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • People with open skin lesions, inflamed acne or skin, raised scars, skin cancer, and rosacea should avoid dermaplanning.
    Carley Millhone, Health, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Pink eye is what occurs when the thin membrane that lines the white of the eye and the eyelid becomes infected and inflamed.
    Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Baked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baked. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.

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