damp
adjective
slightly wet; moist.
had damped
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past perfectof damp.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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His 2006 research found that companies that have the biggest increases in capital spending have subsequently had damped stock returns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2018
For an instant I caught a glimpse of those volcanic fires which he had damped down so long.
From Tales of Terror and Mystery by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
When within about forty yards they halted a moment, as we had damped our fire and they could not exactly make out our position.
From Journals of Australian Explorations by Augustus Charles Gregory
Anxiously he glanced toward the storage batteries, fearing that water had damped them out.
From Hoofbeats on the Turnpike by Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine) Wirt
Fernando had foreseen this, and in mid-valley had broken a branch from a cork-tree, which he had damped with rifle oil.
From Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure by Charles Gilson
