How to Use gassed in a Sentence

gassed

adjective
  • He’s been beaten up, tear-gassed, and insulted with the worst racial slurs.
    Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 2020-12-11
  • Outside of some bursts of energy from captain Jonathan Spector, Orlando City’s back line looked gassed to start the match.
    Jordan Culver, Pro Soccer USA, 2018-06-24
  • And that, combined with a gassed lineup of players who had scratched and clawed to lead by four points in the fourth-quarter in Houston on Friday before losing, didn’t help the circumstances.
    Nathan Brown, Indianapolis Star, 2019-11-17
  • Then there are the images of the many demonstrators being tear-gassed, and others of looting and burning, and still more of both protestors and police officers alike being injured and in some cases killed.
    Allison Keyes, Smithsonian Magazine, 2020-06-04
  • Because after the Browns needed just 47 seconds to even the score, marching 75 yards in four plays against a gassed, depleted Ravens defense, Jackson had to come on again.
    Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 2020-12-15

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