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How to spell cruised

Cruised is spelled C-R-U-I-S-E-D.

What it means: Traveled smoothly or sailed across the water at an easy pace.

In a sentence: The white sailboat cruised across the calm blue lake all afternoon. ▶

The part people get wrong

Drop the silent e before adding -ed; ui makes the oo sound.

Same family: cruise, cruises, cruising. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

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