gorge
noun
a narrow cleft with steep, rocky walls, especially one through which a stream runs.
had gorged
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past perfectof gorge.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Punchy after all those hours in the basement, the small production staff entertained themselves between picks by pouring out hundreds of M&M’s, giving the impression Goodell had gorged them by the fistful.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2021
He and his dad both loved pizza too, and had gorged on it every day during a cruise to Jamaica.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 9, 2021
After Lehman Brothers collapsed in 2008, Merkel tut-tutted about the spendthrift banks and governments that had gorged on borrowed money.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2015
Since not a lot of people who applied to the program spoke Norwegian and had gorged themselves on Ibsen, Ashton got in.
From Newsweek ● Feb. 23, 2015
The pack must have slunk into the village soon after we left, for it had gorged itself upon the abalone we had not taken.
From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell
