milk
noun
an opaque white or bluish-white liquid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals, serving for the nourishment of their young.
had milked
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past perfectof milk.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Jeremy Gulban was trying to pause, after a spree of acquiring newspapers in small towns where Wall Street firms had milked their local papers dry.
From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2024
That has provoked accusations from the couple's critics, especially on social media, that they had milked the incident for their own ends.
From Reuters ● May 18, 2023
“I had milked cows before,” she recalled in a 2009 interview with The Associated Press.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 4, 2015
“I had milked cows before,” she recalled in a 2009 interview with the Associated Press.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 2, 2015
She had milked a goat, she realised with a start.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
