plow
noun
an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
had plowed
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past perfectof plow.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Within about a decade of his arrival in 2009, Chen had plowed hundreds of millions of dollars into Cambodian real estate, a bank, an amusement park and supermarkets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
First responders with the city of Calipatria said they arrived to find the derailed locomotive and the wreckage of the four parked rail cars it had plowed through.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2022
One of the tornadoes that roared through Kentucky, Arkansas, Illinois and other states Friday had plowed straight into Amazon’s delivery station in Edwardsville.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2021
Tire tracks were still visible where the driver had plowed across her friend’s yard, scratching her car in the process.
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2021
As the Maddox had plowed through international waters off the North Vietnamese coast in the Gulf of Tonkin, three North Vietnamese patrol boats had attacked the ship.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
