drain
verb (used with object)
to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration.
had drained
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past perfectof drain.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Years of intensive farming had drained the fields of their nutrients.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Paz scrapped the two-decade-old fuel subsidies that had drained the Treasury's international dollar reserves, but so far has failed to stabilize fuel supplies.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
Just when you thought they had drained the well of good fortune they got the biggest and most unpredictable dollop of luck imaginable.
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2025
One of Patricia’s lowest moments was when she drove her child with special needs to an out-of-state facility and ran out of gas after an auto-pay bill for $300 had drained her bank account.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2024
Now that all the magic had drained out of the room, hunger and exhaustion rushed into her.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
