filter
noun
any substance, as cloth, paper, porous porcelain, or a layer of charcoal or sand, through which liquid or gas is passed to remove suspended impurities or to recover solids.
had filtered
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past perfectof filter.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Shortly before 10 p.m., most people had filtered out of the ballroom, leaving behind a scene of a party interrupted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
Eventually, they were handed over to undercover Ukrainian security agents who had filtered quietly back into Kherson or to members of the underground territorial defense force.
From New York Times ● Dec. 25, 2022
As voting resumed on Saturday, no party orders had filtered down on which way lawmakers should vote, with the various blocs apparently in disarray.
From Reuters ● Jan. 29, 2022
The suggestion that Smith's little-known and commercially unreleased song had filtered through to Newman was based on "tenuous connections", he added.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2021
A spoonful of brown sludge that it had filtered from the water glopped out “Eww,” she said, opening the top to peer in.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
