flow
verb (used without object)
to move along in a stream.
had flowed
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past perfectof flow.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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"We have the investors back," President Hakainde Hichilema told delegates at the African Mining Indaba conference on Monday, saying that more than $12 billion had flowed into the sector since 2022.
From Barron's ● Feb. 15, 2026
Huge volumes of water had flowed into fractures below the glacier, collecting there to form a subglacial lake.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 5, 2026
In March, the BBC revealed that more than £420m from the scheme had flowed into the government’s coffers in the previous three years.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2024
By Saturday evening, more than $75,000 had flowed into a GoFundMe page created for Arlo.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 23, 2022
Once a great river had flowed through the city, but the water had long since vanished, and it was now only a wide ditch of gray dust.
From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis
