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wired

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verb

past tense of wire

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of wired
Adjective
In the visual, Rae sports neon pink hair and a pair of wired earbuds, rides a white horse, and pouts around various Scandinavian landscapes. Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 18 Apr. 2025 Connections Matter However, for those who want a wired connection, the Luma84 has a USB Type-C port with a high-speed polling rate of 1000Hz, which gamers will appreciate. Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025 But grief and a hunger for justice will do that to a man, especially one with the wired intensity of Rami Malek. David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2025 For those who live truly far afield from wired and even wireless networks, the best option might be Starlink. PC Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wired
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wired
Adjective
  • The move is aimed at disrupting the gangs' operations and supporting efforts to restore order in the troubled Caribbean nation.
    Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 3 May 2025
  • Ocean Vuong’s second novel begins when an elderly Lithuanian woman with early-stage dementia saves Hai, a troubled 19-year-old, from taking his own life.
    Shannon Carlin, Time, 1 May 2025
Verb
  • Williams tied a career high with four made 3-pointers, and Keon Johnson tied a career high with eight assists.
    C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 5 Jan. 2025
  • After the first quarter ended with the score tied at 22, the Jazz dominated the Heat 40-19 in the second quarter to enter halftime with a 21-point lead.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 5 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • While Pelkey may have spent his final moments upset, his AI likeness struck a conciliatory tone in court last week.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 8 May 2025
  • Ruiz earned 7% of the vote, enough for Bill Brophy, Democrat Richard Alatorre’s Republican opponent, to pull off a stunning upset.
    Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
Adjective
  • A lot went down on Thursday’s new episode of Hacks, but one of the most memorable moments was when Deborah Vance (played by Jean Smart) had an unexpected night out with her dutiful and high-strung assistant, Damien (played by Mark Indelicato).
    Jeff Conway, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Others might be more high-strung, trying to live up to the older sibling's example or carve out their own identity.
    Emily Edlynn, Parents, 8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Richter will play Norman Montana, a well-meaning but deeply insecure and jittery small-town public defender.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 9 May 2025
  • Tariffs have already raised prices of the leading brands of strollers, car seats and other kids’ products by hundreds of dollars, sending retailers and manufacturers scrambling to secure inventory from vendors and driving jittery parents into buying items for newborns right away.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Greatest Hits reappears on one of the four lists on which it’s featured, bounding back onto the Official Albums Sales chart at No. 86.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
  • But exciting structures can emerge from pushing away from that single ideal and exploring, for example, postmodern architecture, where buildings can have aspects that are not strictly bounded by their function.
    Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 9 May 2025
Adjective
  • The Oscars are your beloved but slightly uptight grandma; the Golden Globes are your fun cousin who sometimes gets a little too sloppy at parties, and the SAG Awards are your cool young aunt who knows how to have a good time but always keeps it classy.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 24 Feb. 2025
  • The premise: Jim (Will Ferrell) is a goofy widowed dad whose daughter Jenni (Geraldine Viswanathan) has gotten engaged; Margot (Reese Witherspoon) is an uptight businesswoman whose younger sister Neve (Meredith Hagner) has gotten engaged.
    Moira MacDonald / Seattle Times, Twin Cities, 5 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • A little nervous at first, Harry does well calling the boat in.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 May 2025
  • The Trump administration became increasingly nervous at the prospect of a major war erupting in one of the most populous places on the planet.
    Daniel DePetris, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2025

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“Wired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wired. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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