skewer
noun
a long pin of wood or metal for inserting through meat or other food to hold or bind it in cooking.
skewered
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past participleof skewer.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof skewer.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
skewernouna long pin of wood or metal for inserting through meat or other food to hold or bind it in cooking.
Example Sentences
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As if being ripped nationwide for his travel plans wasn’t painful enough, McVay will also be skewered for a baffling decision on a third-quarter play that could have rescued the Rams but instead doomed them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
I worked at a magazine when the first film, which lightly skewered Anna Wintour, came out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
"Customers understand that it's a luxury dish," chef Tomoyuki Takashino said from behind the stove as he skewered an eel he had just killed and filleted.
From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025
Away from the gilded hallways, “SNL” skewered the design sense of both Trumps.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2025
They skewered hot dogs on green branches, and when they were cooked wrapped them in slices of bread.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
