chomp
verb (used with or without object)
had chomped
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past perfectof chomp.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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By April, Alligator had chomped into the US Top 10, and the UK Top 40.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025
The young meat-eater had chomped off the hind legs of two parrot-like dinosaurs called caenagnathids before perishing itself.
From National Geographic ● Dec. 8, 2023
Lights flickered, yellow caution tape hung from columns and sections of walls were gashed, as if an actual T. rex had chomped into them.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 1, 2015
And the kid hadn’t even gone for the unused end; he had chomped right over Mars Bar’s own bite marks.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
A swatch of dirty-looking gauze was taped on one of his branch-sized forearms, probably where my sister had chomped him.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
