rinse
verb (used with object)
to wash lightly, as by pouring water into or over or by dipping in water.
had rinsed
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past perfectof rinse.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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It had rinsed him of the energy needed for elite competition and training.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2022
As soon as you start pushing and pulling it out of your drain, you begin encountering globs of all the flotsam and jetsam you thought you had rinsed away on a day-to-day basis.
From Slate
Once it started drizzling, Roz carefully washed herself from head to toe, and by the time the clouds passed, every speck of poison tide had rinsed off her body and trickled into the ocean.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
I had rinsed off my blisters and started a letter to Joana.
From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys
After his meal and after he had washed his sunburnt body in cool water and had rinsed his mouth with tea, Wang Lung went in to look at his second son.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
