funnel
noun
a cone-shaped utensil with a tube at the apex for conducting liquid or other substance through a small opening, as into a bottle, jug, or the like.
had funneled
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past perfectof funnel.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Branson, who owns 75% of Virgin Orbit, had funneled $55 million into the company in recent months, according to technology news site TechCrunch.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 31, 2023
He revealed how he allegedly had funneled at least $180,000 in payoffs to the county assessor’s staff 13 years ago, enlightening prosecutors to details of which prosecutors had been unaware, the records show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2023
But the state’s leaders had funneled federal relief into temporary raises, and Natachu’s pay had risen to $15 an hour.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 10, 2022
The resulting charges claimed that Mr. Giffen had funneled some $78 million in payments from oil companies into the pockets of top Kazakh government officials, including Mr. Nazarbayev.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2022
Five hundred thousand depositors had funneled $2 billion into his sixteen banks and had been promised 15 percent interest on their money.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
