massaged

verb

past tense of massage
as in stroked
to praise too much a candidate who knows that you have to massage the voters if you want to get elected

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Recent Examples of massaged Words have been parsed over, ideas about location, production design, costume, lighting have all been carefully massaged even up to the day of photography. — Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 Deirdre massaged my limbs while the cups went to work on my perpetually achy upper back. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026 It's massaged into place before the incision is then stitched up. — Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026 While this is all occurring on your scalp and hair, your body is on a heated bed, and your body is getting massaged. — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2026 Does all kale need to be massaged? — Zoe Denenberg, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Apr. 2026 Davidson said four staff members massaged about two gallons of canola oil onto Elmer for seven hours while feeding him occasionally. — Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026 If previous records massaged her hedonism into silky, professional-grade pop, the sound on WOR$T GIRL is all sinew and scrap metal, a leaner and meaner vehicle for acting out. — Harry Tafoya, Pitchfork, 2 Apr. 2026 The main specific risk is the potential for nodules or granulomas (small bumps) forming under the skin, especially if improperly placed or massaged. — Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for massaged
  1. stroked
  2. commended
  3. praised
  4. applauded
  5. congratulated
Verb
  • Afterwards, as Cheogyal puts it, the spiritual leader stroked his head with compassion.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
  • But Argentina’s talisman stroked it wide of the net.
    — David Hickey, NBC news, 23 June 2026
Definition of stroked
Verb
  • While the filmmakers should be commended for keeping the focus on Brockington and Prescott for most of the running time, the doc also feels somewhat unbalanced.
    — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Indiana Department of Homeland Security Executive Director Jonathan Whitham commended Northwest Indiana’s communities for their response to Tuesday’s storms.
    — Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of commended
Verb
  • Despite neither having professional boxing records, their bout, fought with headgear, was praised for its intensity and athleticism, particularly from Lex, whose jab, length, and coordination proved decisive.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Brian Schnell with the Sunny Isles Beach Police Department praised the tools used to track down the suspects.
    — Ted Scouten, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of praised
Verb
  • Commencement speakers are getting booed offstage for mentioning it, even as breakthroughs in medicine and service delivery are applauded elsewhere.
    — Brett White, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Reaction to the law Some law enforcement leaders have applauded the new buffer zone law.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of applauded
Verb
  • Walter put a take-it-or-leave-it bid on the table so high — hundreds of millions above where the other bidders had been in the process — that former Dodgers owner Frank McCourt called off the auction and congratulated Walter.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The former Vanderpump star says no one from her former Bravo family has congratulated her on House of Stassi’s success, except for Tom Schwartz.
    — McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of congratulated

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