had exhausted
- past perfect of exhaust.
Example Sentences
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For expert Elisabeth Braw of the Atlantic Council, "it's a bit of a Hail Mary move" by Washington after it had "exhausted all options".
From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026
They have said in interviews to local media that they had exhausted all their savings caring for Rana and were worried about what would happen to him after they died.
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026
She and her spouse, Michelle Cast, had exhausted their fertility healthcare benefits and gone into debt for fertility treatments they say surpassed $300,000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
Mark Geragos, one of the attorneys representing the brothers in their petition, said the brothers had exhausted their legal avenues for appeal in 2005.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024
In other words, alpha particles produced naturally by radium and polonium had exhausted their usefulness as probes of the nucleus.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
