grooved
Americanverb
adjective
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Origin of grooved
Example Sentences
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Roughly a dozen people at the if-you-know-you-know event grooved and shuffled to EDM music while kayak enthusiasts paddled by and locals fished for carp.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
On the floors of many valleys and craters, swirling, grooved patterns reveal where icy material once moved during an earlier martian ice age.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 26, 2025
At one end of the channel, the researchers inserted 3D-printed structures resembling the grooved plates that run along the floor of the mobula ray's mouth.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 25, 2024
With one out in the top of the 10th, Kelly grooved an 89.5-mph slider to Caballero, who crushed a two-run homer to left-center for a 9-7 lead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2024
His face looked as grooved and gnarled as an old door.
From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins
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