clowned

Definition of clownednext
past tense of clown

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • Most Popular Notorious murderer Richard Crafts, who used a chain saw to cut up his wife’s body and a wood chipper to dispose of it, is out of prison and living in a halfway house, a state Department of Correction spokeswoman said Friday.
    Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2026
  • When the singing was done Ma Binney brought me back to her tent and cut up a tomato, put it between two slices of bread, and served it to me on a china plate taken from a wooden chest next to her bed-roll.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Further, the actress, known for her work across TV and film, discusses how art has imitated life and why The Pitt reminds her of The Great British Bake-Off.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Among them was a young white man in a suit who held up an Indian flag, imitated an Indian accent and extolled the virtues of public defecation.
    Dallas Morning News, Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Nicholson's fireworks would be subsequently aped, and amped up to over-the-top proportions, by other actors and by the future Batman villain himself.
    Devan Coggan, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Mar. 2026
  • But none aped the style of an actual Super Bowl ad more cleverly than this one, clearly modeled after Budweiser’s ads that tend to feature horses and inspirational voiceovers.
    Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • While hundreds reveled at Thursday night’s all-out bash for The Pierre hotel’s 95th anniversary, some of the building’s tenants in the floors above haven’t been feeling quite as celebratory.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 21 Nov. 2025
  • In the party scene, though, there would be plenty of swooping camera movements as the guests revelled.
    Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Their system consisted of submerging pre-term lambs in artificial amniotic fluid, where a pumpless oxygenator, supplied by a sweep gas, mimicked placental perfusion.
    Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Hottovy remembers two years ago when Justin Steele suffered a hamstring injury and ultimately missed five weeks at the start of the season, the Cubs were able to build a throwing program based on the Catapult data that best mimicked Steele pitching.
    Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Panahi mimed cradling a reptile the size of a kitten.
    H. C. Wilentz, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
  • At the snap, the three tight ends – Tyler Higbee, Colby Parkinson and Davis Allen – mimed a run block, just for a beat.
    Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 8 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Not too long ago, artificial intelligence was more or less a science project in which data scientists and developers fooled around with one-off small or test projects.
    Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The system was carried on a Great Northern train operated by Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR).
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Leo has strongly carried on Francis’ legacy of ecological stewardship, and the environment is expected to be a topic of discussion.
    ABC News, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
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“Clowned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clowned. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.

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