flame
noun
burning gas or vapor, as from wood or coal, that is undergoing combustion; a portion of ignited gas or vapor.
had flamed
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past perfectof flame.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Whereas a steady succession of hopefuls before him in Seattle had flamed out quickly since Lou Piniella migrated to Tampa Bay in 2003, Servais has instead become a fixture.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 25, 2023
Here, during the same run of fire, the eponymous Inchelium Complex Fire had flamed across 19,000 acres and damaged more than a dozen buildings.
From Salon ● Nov. 7, 2021
At 15, he had loved F. Scott Fitzgerald’s stories of those who had flamed out in spectacular fashion after early success.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2021
A burning smell coming from a piece of electronics this old usually meant a board had flamed out or the power supply was bad.
From Slate ● May 29, 2021
A wild joy had flamed up within me; I felt as if I had wings; then her name struck me like the cut of a whip.
From The Wish A Novel by Hermann Sudermann
