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How to use gassed in a sentence

11 example sentences · adjective

Gassed means in a gaseous state. Example: “He never fully recovered after he was gassed on the Western Front.”

Examples of gassed by meaning

adjectiveIn a gaseous state.

  • a gassed fluid

adjectiveDrunk; intoxicated by alcohol.

  • “Let's go over to Beer Can Boulevard and get gassed!"1956, Max Shulman, Rally Round the Flag, Boys!

adjectiveHigh; intoxicated by psychoactive drugs.

  • As you can see, I was pretty well gassed, and in that state I marched down to the nearest recruiting station and joined up so as to be close to the poor machines.1962, Robert Sheckley, “How Lum Joined the Army”, in Journey Beyond Tomorrow

adjectiveExhausted.

  • They looked gassed, panting, spent, given over1994, Charles Edward Eaton, “The Blue Window”, in The Country of the Blue, →ISBN, page 71

More sentences with gassed

  • He never fully recovered after he was gassed on the Western Front.From the entry gas
  • The riot squad tear gassed the mob.From the entry tear gas
  • Stormzy quote tweeting me makes me a little bit gassed.2018, David Giles, Twenty-First Century Celebrity: Fame In Digital Culture, Emerald Insight, →DOI, →ISBN, page 99. From the entry quote tweet
  • Disbuttoning of gassed fruit gave the most effective decay control.1943, Florida State Horticultural Society, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting, page 34. From the entry disbutton
  • That way you get your opponent so gassed up from sculling beer that all he can think about is trying to burp without spewing.2005, Stefan Laszczuk, The Goddamn Bus of Happiness, page 75. From the entry scull
  • Each of the six torpedo planes spotted in the hangar was armed with one Mark 13, torpex-loaded torpedo and was fully gassed, including auxiliary wing tanks.1947 October 30, Bureau of Ships, “SECTION III - DISCUSSION”, in U.S.S. Princeton (CVL23): Loss in Action, Battle for Leyte Gulf, 24…. From the entry gas
  • Glenn Kilbourne had returned from France early that fall, shell-shocked and gassed, and otherwise incapacitated for service in the army—a wreck of his former sterling self.1922, Zane Grey, chapter 1, in The Call of the Canyon. From the entry shell-shocked

Meaning of gassed

  1. adjective In a gaseous state.
  2. adjective Drunk; intoxicated by alcohol.
  3. adjective High; intoxicated by psychoactive drugs.

Full definition of gassed

Questions about gassed in a sentence

How do you use gassed in a sentence?
Gassed is used as an adjective. For example: “He never fully recovered after he was gassed on the Western Front.”
What is a short sentence with gassed?
“a gassed fluid”
What does gassed mean?
Gassed means in a gaseous state.

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