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buoyed

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verb

past tense of buoy
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for buoyed
Adjective
  • This encapsulates the quality of the 2022 vintage—strikingly balanced with elevated flavor profiles—as well as the beauty of a Saint-Émilion with complex flavors well integrated with buoyant acidity.
    Tom Mullen, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
  • Or for complex seafood dishes, the mom-and-pop Leche de Tigre Cocina Urbana — a few blocks north — is a buoyant beach party where every plate tastes fresh from the Pacific Coast, with layers of seafood and tropical fruit, cilantro and chile.
    Freda Moon, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • While the San Francisco Giants have been floated as a potential threat to steal Alonso from the Mets, could the Seattle Mariners be another one?
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
  • One of the ideas floated in recent years has been to continue limiting the deduction but make the cap higher.
    David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Zoom in: Some members of Netanyahu's delegation left the room almost jubilant.
    Barak Ravid, Axios, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Instead, jubilant crowds reveled in Trump's coming second term and MAGA's total control of the Republican Party.
    WILL WEISSERT, arkansasonline.com, 20 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • An hour later, American said flights were again beginning to board and the FAA lifted the nationwide ground stop.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 24 Dec. 2024
  • And the lamb, which knew what weeping meant, lifted itself from the hay.
    Karen Zautyk, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Temperatures in the city hovered around the upper-30s on Friday, with a major drop in the forecast predicted for the weekend.
    Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Earlier in the week, the digital asset touched a fresh all-time high of $108,000 and hovered around $102,000 on Thursday.
    Brian Evans,Sean Conlon, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Playing Toru, her romantic interest, is the affable Major Curda, who is everything Kisa is not — loose-limbed, playful and joyous.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
  • While Gomez, 32, doesn't plan on converting to Judaism for her Jewish fiancé, the pair will incorporate a joyous Jewish tradition into their big day.
    Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Yes, since the highly successful IS Khorasan (ISK) attack in Moscow in March 2024, that group has been emboldened and has been projecting strike teams farther out to engage in more attacks.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
  • As World War II went poorly for the Fascists and Mussolini’s power waned, Italians became increasingly emboldened to make jokes at Mussolini’s expense, including dirty ones about his affair with Clara Petacci.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Hostile to Russia ever since Soviet tanks appeared near her childhood home in 1968 in what was then Czechoslovakia, the now grandmother was delighted to have her photograph taken with a soldier who was fighting Russian invaders in Ukraine.
    Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
  • Fans of the beary lovable franchise will be delighted to discover that Hugh Grant's Phoenix Buchanan, the dastardly villain of Paddington 2, makes his return to the series.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 15 Feb. 2025
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“Buoyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buoyed. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.

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