chiefly Scottish

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for kenspeckle
Adjective
  • Dehydrated skin can make fine lines more noticeable.
    Jenna Ryu, SELF, 11 Feb. 2025
  • The penalty tilt has noticeable in the past 12 Kansas City postseason games as Chiefs opponents have been flagged more 11 times, with one tie.
    Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 8 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Halftime report The Kings only trailed by eight following a 3-pointer by Fox with 7:58 to play in the second quarter, but the Thunder staged a 21-6 run to take a commanding lead.
    Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 2 Feb. 2025
  • Boston outscored Chicago 41-28, led by as many as 19 points and took a commanding 68-51 lead into halftime.
    Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Biden also commuted the sentences of most of the inmates on federal death row, and pardoned prominent figures including the late civil rights leader Marcus Garvey.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Once in Boston, he is paired with Detective Lena Peters, the eldest daughter of a prominent law enforcement family.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • And at the film’s Los Angeles premiere, Saldaña sported a dramatic strapless gown.
    Violet Goldstone, WWD, 16 Feb. 2025
  • The dramatic shedding of pounds across the U.S.—which in 2023 witnessed its first drop in the national obesity rate in 10 years—has cost tailors like Martorano new orders as existing customers pursue alterations instead.
    Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 16 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The corporal, while on duty in his marked patrol car, reportedly encountered the girl on North Avenue in front of Coppin.
    Keith Daniels, Baltimore Sun, 8 Feb. 2025
  • Over the first three weeks of implementation, the project has exhibited marked success.
    DJ Gribbin, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • These remarkable characters parade, dance, argue and make love.
    Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2025
  • Reid has firmly established himself as one of the NFL's greatest head coaches, and his remarkable postseason success places him among the elite in the sport's history.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 8 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • That apathetic dynamic only became more pronounced in the days to come.
    Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The effect was more pronounced among single-person households than families, the researchers found.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, she’s drawn to Anja (Saskia Rosendahl), a struggling single mother from the Brandenburg countryside where Isabell’s architect father built a striking modernist home.
    Alissa Simon, Variety, 16 Feb. 2025
  • There are other big names within striking distance of first place, Bryson DeChambeau at four under par, Brooks Koepka and Bubba Watson at three under par, and Phil Mickelson at even par.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 15 Feb. 2025
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“Kenspeckle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kenspeckle. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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