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slang

potted

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verb

past tense of pot

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of potted
Adjective
Rosemary, basil, and other potted herbs bring harmonious wood chi to a sunny kitchen windowsill. Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Mar. 2025 An array of potted plants also add a luscious touch to the urban escape—Torres Portnof is a proponent of perennials such as milkweed, mountain laurel, rhododendron, and windflowers. Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 10 Mar. 2025 At one point, Pelly gives a potted history of Muzak, drawing sharp parallels between Spotify and the bygone mood-music purveyor: their self-serving audience research, their tendency to generate palatable versions of the now sound. Brad Shoup, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2025 Add fresh greenery, whether potted plants, branches, or even a simple bowl of citrus, to instantly brighten a space. Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for potted
Recent Examples of Synonyms for potted
Adjective
  • Choose from their biscuit sandwiches, like the East Nasty that tops a biscuit with fried chicken, cheese, and sausage gravy.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2025
  • No probe thermometer was there to measure the fried eggs, sliced ham and cheese in the processing area.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Six of the players in the round of 16 were seeded 20th or higher, and half the top eight seeds were out before the quarters.
    Todd Boss, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • What was seeded as an art project for an internship with Yolé!
    Akilah Sailers, Essence, 19 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The truck driver, believed to have been drunk, was arrested by Chief Wilson himself.
    Christian Martinez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Stephen O’Connell, a 38-year-old Boston police officer, is accused of driving drunk when his vehicle slammed into an unmarked Boston police cruiser just after 12 a.m. April 1 on a road in Weymouth, Massachusetts State Police said in an April 2 news release shared with McClatchy News.
    Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • In addition to baseline 10% universal tariffs that went into effect Saturday morning, Trump has also put in place tariffs on autos, steel and aluminum.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2025
  • In 2019, Elijah McClain, a young, unarmed Black man, was violently tackled by three police officers, twice put in chokeholds, and pinned to the ground.
    Arthur L. Kellermann, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Minnesota leaders criticize arrests, demand answers MINNEAPOLIS -- A University of Minnesota graduate student who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement was taken into custody because of a drunken driving infraction, not for being involved in protests, federal officials said Monday.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Or, how to follow the Christmas holiday with a festival of pranks, trick-or-treating, and drunken revelry.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • But Morris got wet and was suffering from hypothermia by the time rescuers arrived.
    CBS News, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Some greens are known for being dry while others have a rep for being wet, and a new type of golf ball coating could make for better golfing on both.
    Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • That means fewer unexpected shutdowns and less wasted time, as well as lower repair costs.
    Cory McNeley, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Nonetheless, fusion research is rarely a wasted effort, Whyte says.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Their plastered smiles and scripted pleasantries represented a great loss of emotional freedom and a new level of managerial control.
    TIME, TIME, 24 Oct. 2023
  • And the room, van Gogh’s bedroom in Arles, with its rough-hewn bed frame and the restful violet color of the plastered walls.
    David Lyman, The Enquirer, 10 Mar. 2022

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“Potted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potted. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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