refill
verb (used with or without object)
to fill again.
had refilled
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past perfectof refill.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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In April, California Gov. Jerry Brown declared an end to his state’s historic drought—after six years, unprecedented winter storms had refilled the state’s reservoirs and caked the Sierra Nevada in snow.
From Slate ● Oct. 10, 2017
Galorey had refilled his pipe and held it as before in the palm of his hand.
From The Girl From His Town by Marie Van Vorst
But, undiscouraged, Jack had refilled the machine and was awaiting results.
From Harper's Round Table, September 10, 1895 by Various
I was so tremendously interested in that remarkable story, Carey, that as soon as I had refilled my water kegs at Chuckwalla Tanks, I headed south again for Ehrenburg.
From The Long Chance by Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne
He drank from wayside springs and from the flask which his kinsman had refilled.
From The Code of the Mountains by Charles Neville Buck
