skirmished

past tense of skirmish

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for skirmished
Verb
  • If that obsession had died down as the months went by, it was rekindled in November when House leaders explored the topic of UFOs once more.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Romvari cut her teeth with documentaries that also have explored her familial history, and this feels like a culmination of that work.
    Zach Dennis, Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Wasuwan probed her model’s back and shoulders with a long bamboo stick, then tapped a block with a mallet on her stomach, producing a look of agonized bliss.
    Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Turner, the last Boston city councilor to be probed by the feds, was convicted for pocketing a $1,000 bribe from an informant who claimed to be seeking a liquor license.
    Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Where truth is boxed and shelved, not wrestled with.
    Big Think, Big Think, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Put frankly, dismissing intention has boxed the ivory tower into a corner for its ability to handle difficult conversations relating to religion.
    Matthew Mayhew, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Advertisement In some respects, Patagonia has hardly changed since Chouinard founded the company.
    David Gelles, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
  • With no clear winner yet, the European Industrial Alliance on Small Modular Reactors, a public-private platform founded by the European Commission in 2024, has been edging its bets.
    Anna Heim, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Overnight, customers discovered that their formerly frisky bots had turned frigid, some morphing into befuddled entities who seemed to be suffering from brain injuries.
    Patricia Marx, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • In the same submersible dive, the crew discovered Paraliparis em, or the sleek snailfish.
    Lauren Liebhaber September 8, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Skirmished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skirmished. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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