Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bushed
Adjective
  • In an interview with CNN from her home in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Hassanein appeared frail and exhausted.
    Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025
  • But falling into a hire for reasons of comfort alone is going to be tough to sell for a franchise that’s exhausted by the comfortable status quo.
    Saad Yousuf, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Adjective
  • Proud parents who have sacrificed so much, tired and eager to get home.
    Erin Hill, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Soto said this can pose safety issues when workers become tired after working eight hour shifts back to back.
    William Melhado, Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Anyone else is likely to emerge unharmed, if a little bewildered that these good-looking but skin-deep figures merited feature treatment.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Unleashed upon an unsuspecting public in 1977, Eraserhead initially left crowds confused and bewildered.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
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
  • It was also found that Texas is the eighth-worst state for distracted driving, per a study from Bader Law.
    Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Jan. 2025
  • State of play: In Iowa, there were 123 deaths and over 8,000 injuries caused by distracted driving from 2019 to 2023 — and this is likely underreported, according to a recent policy brief from the University of Iowa's Injury Prevention Research Center.
    Linh Ta, Axios, 24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Foreman tumbled downward in a dizzy, slow-motion-like crash, full-weight, a helpless giant, insensible.
    Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
  • And now, filmmaker Gia Coppola has constructed a dreamy character piece around Anderson and her dizzy megawatt grin.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Bushed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bushed. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.

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