drink
verb (used without object)
to take water or other liquid into the mouth and swallow it; imbibe.
had drunk
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past perfectof drink.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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“My perception sometimes was that they had drunk too much of their own Kool-Aid,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Testing by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation showed that two people had drunk from the bottle, leaving a mixture of their DNA.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
The mother contacted the authorities this week, saying the baby had drunk Nestle milk from one of the lots removed from the market.
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
The letter she received also said it had been right for police to question Liverpool supporters about how much alcohol they had drunk before the abandoned match at Hillsborough stadium in Sheffield.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2024
The horses had drunk their fill of the icy cold water, and were grazing on clumps of brown grass that grew from clefts in the rock.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
