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Recent Examples of zonked Niehaus would work five or six hours, then go home zonked. Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 14 Sep. 2022 After the Monkees split, Nesmith began his eccentric solo career, with amiably zonked records that were years ahead of their time. Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2021 Only Andersson, the doyen of inaction movies, could offer beatitudes to the ineffectual and the zonked. Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2021 Most people take pre-workout for performance reasons or to simply feel better and less zonked when working out. SELF, 27 Aug. 2020 And that's what an asphalt nation of zonked American teenagers did during the '80s. Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 8 Jan. 2020 But the movie’s high point is a scene where Diane Varsi, playing the most zonked member of Max’s entourage (which includes a young Richard Pryor), addresses Congress as if from the stage of the Fillmore. J. Hoberman, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for zonked
Adjective
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers have added a plethora of stars this offseason, including multiple additions to a loaded starting pitching rotation.
    Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Their comfort food options, like vegan burgers and loaded fries, are always crowd-pleasers.
    Alexandra Maloney, Charlotte Observer, 22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Other tribes of music-heads danced through dawn on muddy hillsides, barely sleeping or eating through the driving rain, dazed but giddy to take part in a massive, improbable event.
    Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025
  • American Primeval’s second episode wastes no time, picking up mere moments after the end of the premiere, which left a dazed Jacob looking for his wife in the middle of a field filled with dead bodies.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • People who were previously theater-goers were stuck indoors craving new content and became hooked on streaming services.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
  • For the time being, however, consumers remain hooked—particularly at home.
    Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Yes, Sam Darnold looked bewildered against Detroit in the regular season finale, and that conjures all sorts of lingering doubts.
    Jordan Brenner, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore brought different weapons to this cute fight: bobcat Kilgore and otter Brie, both seeming a little bewildered by the powder that surrounded them today.
    NBC News, NBC News, 7 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Nonetheless, fusion research is rarely a wasted effort, Whyte says.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Dec. 2024
  • There is no wasted movement, and virtually everything seems to have a purpose.
    Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Those friends are now left angry, confused and with a stinging loss.
    Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Many customers are confused about high-yield savings Confusion abounds.
    Daniel de Visé, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • North Korean propaganda material released by state media this year has shown Kim overseeing special operations training marked by extreme displays of strength, including the smashing of cinder blocks over the ripped torsos of soldiers stripped to the waist.
    Yoonjung Seo, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Frank Grillo, who’s at the center of it (playing a ripped bruiser who is also…a molecular biologist!), has a way of making any pulp movie better.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Canada is now standing behind an emperor who has no clothes and a distracted NATO that is not fully dressed.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Provide Visuals And Strong Calls To Action To capture attention in a busy, distracted world, companies should aim for clear and concise copy and use engaging headlines and bite-sized points to get their messages across.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025

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“Zonked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zonked. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.

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