had diluted
- past perfect of dilute.
Example Sentences
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By the time Emmet Sheehan took the mound, the smell had diluted, and the sunshine broke through the haze.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2026
Conservative councillor Graham Baker said the decision to run the Illuminations for an extra two months had diluted visitor numbers instead of increasing them.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2024
Furthermore, Lula revoked policies that had diluted environmental protection, including a measure that encouraged mining on protected indigenous lands.
From Reuters ● Jan. 4, 2023
Mayor Walker, whose term ends in December, said disappointment over a lack of change had diluted interest in the trial.
From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2021
And they were little boys, therefore fundamentally uncommunicative, with no gift for intimacy, and worse, they had diluted their identities, for she had never found this missing triangle of flesh.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
