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Recent Examples of impregnated
Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
Instead, the narrative focuses on Karoline (Vic Carmen Sonne), a factory worker in the wake of World War I who is impregnated by her rich boss and then discarded after his mother disapproves.
—Esther Zuckerman, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
With her husband’s cooperation, a coven of Devil-worshipping ghouls occupy an Upper West Side apartment building and conspire to have a young woman Rosemary (Mia Farrow) raped and impregnated by Satan himself.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2024
While the cow is milking, she is impregnated.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
Isobel, River’s mother (played by Anna Wilson-Jones) was taken and impregnated by Harkness at Les Arbres.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Oct. 2024
The Democratic convention heard from Hadley Duvall, who at age 12 was raped and impregnated by her stepfather.
—Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2024
Or in Kentucky, Hadley Duvall, a twelve year old child raped and impregnated by her stepfather.
—Stefan Becket, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
Verb
There are, miraculously enough, two 2024 horror films about an American nun who joins a convent in Italy where she’s impregnated with something unholy as part of an evil Church plot.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
Instead, the narrative focuses on Karoline (Vic Carmen Sonne), a factory worker in the wake of World War I who is impregnated by her rich boss and then discarded after his mother disapproves.
—Esther Zuckerman, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
With her husband’s cooperation, a coven of Devil-worshipping ghouls occupy an Upper West Side apartment building and conspire to have a young woman Rosemary (Mia Farrow) raped and impregnated by Satan himself.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2024
While the cow is milking, she is impregnated.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
Isobel, River’s mother (played by Anna Wilson-Jones) was taken and impregnated by Harkness at Les Arbres.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Oct. 2024
The Democratic convention heard from Hadley Duvall, who at age 12 was raped and impregnated by her stepfather.
—Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2024
Or in Kentucky, Hadley Duvall, a twelve year old child raped and impregnated by her stepfather.
—Stefan Becket, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impregnated
Verb
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Sun-soaked and beautiful, the film takes place in Santa Barbara in 1979, where Dorothea (Annette Bening) is trying to raise her son (Lucas Jade Zumann) in an ever-changing world.—
George Monastiriakos,
Newsweek,
31 Dec. 2024
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More than an inch of rain over several days soaked the grounds making muddy hills slippery and dangerous, forcing most spectators onto the narrow walkways and creating huge, impassable (and in some places, scary) bottlenecks.—
Candace Oehler,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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And while that brooding, dangerous-but-squishy-on-the-inside schtick made women swoon and cleared the way for the emergence of rock & roll teen idols like Elvis Presley, Dean, according to age-old Hollywood lore, was secretly gay.—
Jeremy Helligar,
People.com,
11 Jan. 2025
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The foil to Sonic’s childlike, happy-go-lucky character, Shadow is dark, brooding and up to no good.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Vetters says recent research suggests that testosterone may not permanently impair fertility, and at least some transgender men have been to get pregnant after stopping hormone therapy, though the effects are still unclear.—
Tyler Santora,
Scientific American,
25 Feb. 2025
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More than 40% of pregnant women have their births covered by Medicaid.—
George Gresham,
New York Daily News,
25 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The results, which are beautifully austere, flooded by sunlight but somehow cold, infuriate Van Buren, played with a masculine bluster by Guy Pearce, who sounds as if his idea of the Breakfast of Champions was a bowl of ground glass drowned in whole milk.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
3 Jan. 2025
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Others may have slipped under the radar, drowned out by the drumbeat of breaking news.—
JTA Staff Report,
Sun Sentinel,
2 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Abraham was alone, drenched in white and walking, as small shudders passed through his body.—
Jennifer Homans,
The New Yorker,
23 Dec. 2024
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You're just drenched in sweat under all your fur coats.—
Nicholas Rice,
People.com,
22 Dec. 2024
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“Impregnated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impregnated. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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