expend
verb (used with object)
to use up.
had expended
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past perfectof expend.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The Journal has reported that by mid-July, the U.S. had expended about 1,700 Patriot air defense interceptors and more than 200 Thaad antimissile interceptors in the war, officials have said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
As of the end of October, more than 100 state and local governments receiving grants had expended 95% or more of their funds, and nearly 130 grantees had begun to spend their ERA 2 funds.
From Reuters ● Nov. 29, 2021
“I was eating a burrito as Dunkan stared me down. I realized he had expended much more energy than I had and was probably starving,” Guerrero said.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 6, 2016
Taylor slumped to his corner, exhausted from all that he had expended trying to end the fight.
From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2016
Others, moreover, who had expended no passion on it at all.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
