Explore Bombed through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Bombed in a sentence
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Bombed meaning
simple past and past participle of bomb
Using Bombed
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of bomb
- In the example corpus, bombed often appears in combinations such as: bombed the, was bombed, been bombed.
Context around Bombed
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 8 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bombed
- In this selection, "bombed" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, navy, artillery, rudolph, palestinian, abortion and transitional stand out and add context to how "bombed" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after being bombed by the and air force bombed the besieged. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bombed" sits close to words such as blended, headset and hyundai, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bombed
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Benning GIs—an anti-vice crusader’s home is bombed. (10 words)
Celtic fans have been love bombed for the past week. (10 words)
Gone (hopefully) are the days of rebuilding a bombed-out Europe. (11 words)
Meanwhile, the occupation navy bombed Palestinian homes west of the city of Deir al-Balah and west of the city of Khan Yunis, while its artillery bombed the area of Bani al-Sohaila, Abasan, and al-Zana in Khan Yunis, wounding a number of Palestinians. (45 words)
Getting glitter bombed before his big speech didn't help reinforce the message that Labour is no longer a party of protest - but the rest of the conference went by without factional fights featuring in the way that they have in previous years. (43 words)
At the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, men clambered on a pancaked building to pull an infant’s tiny body from the rubble, carrying it down through the crowd below amid still-smouldering remains of bombed buildings. (38 words)
And how many other teams have bombed that many long balls over a 10-game span in postseason history? (19 words)
Example sentences (20)
Meanwhile, the occupation navy bombed Palestinian homes west of the city of Deir al-Balah and west of the city of Khan Yunis, while its artillery bombed the area of Bani al-Sohaila, Abasan, and al-Zana in Khan Yunis, wounding a number of Palestinians.
Nearly 30 years ago, Eric Rudolph bombed abortion clinics and Timothy McVeigh bombed the Federal Building in Oklahoma City.
Independent groups affiliated with the KKK bombed transitional residential neighborhoods to discourage blacks' moving into them; in 19 cases, they bombed black churches with congregations active in civil rights, and the homes of their ministers.
After his release, Krivoi’s aunt Israeli media that he was held in a building that collapsed after being bombed by the army, and that he managed to escape.
Amid repeated, recent violent Israeli incursion into the West Bank, the Israeli Air Force bombed the besieged Gaza Strip early on Tuesday morning.
A military command, police stations and General Administration Department offices were bombed in Upper Myanmar.
And how many other teams have bombed that many long balls over a 10-game span in postseason history?
An explosion in a mosque in Gaza after it was bombed by Israeli planes.
As it is a port city, Odessa was heavily bombed at the outset, but the people feel like they’re in a better place now than what they were.
At the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, men clambered on a pancaked building to pull an infant’s tiny body from the rubble, carrying it down through the crowd below amid still-smouldering remains of bombed buildings.
Benning GIs—an anti-vice crusader’s home is bombed.
Blinken’s meeting with Abbas in the West Bank came only hours after bombed a refugee camp in Gaza, killing at least 40 people according to health officials in Gaza.
Both ships were bombed by Argentine jets in 1982, with a total of 56 deaths, including 32 Welsh Guards - the single most destructive strike on British troops since World War Two.
But it was bombed the same day last March as the city’s drama theater.
But, they provided no evidence and said they hadn’t known its size or location before they bombed.
Celtic fans have been love bombed for the past week.
Getting glitter bombed before his big speech didn't help reinforce the message that Labour is no longer a party of protest - but the rest of the conference went by without factional fights featuring in the way that they have in previous years.
Gone (hopefully) are the days of rebuilding a bombed-out Europe.
Hamas has taken civilian hostages and bombed non-military targets including a music festival.
He added that Israel had bombed water tanks, water wells, and water pumps for the hospital and that those remaining were “barely surviving”.
Common combinations with bombed
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- bombed the 26×
- was bombed 16×
- been bombed 12×
- bombed by 11×
- bombed in 9×
- bombed and 8×
- we bombed 7×
- bombed at 7×
- and bombed 7×
- bombed an 7×