groomed

Example Sentences

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“Individuals who lived, fed, groomed and patrolled together for years became targets of lethal attacks on the basis of their new group membership,” the authors reported recently in the journal Science.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026

Political analyst Sandile Swana described him as someone who had been "groomed in the DA".

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

“It’s groomed out just like man-made snow,” Wilson said.

From Slate • Apr. 11, 2026

Okrent portrays Sondheim as witty and endearing, but also poorly groomed, remote, caustic, quick to anger — and, mostly, quick to forgive.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

He was being groomed to take Billy Lee’s place when Billy’s knees gave out, and there was an inevitable changing of the guard.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis