sleek
adjective
smooth or glossy, as hair, an animal, etc.
had sleeked
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past perfectof sleek.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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He came stolidly forward tramping through the bog with his boots newly greased with what remained of the smooth candle "dowp" with which he had sleeked his flaxen locks.
From The Lilac Sunbonnet by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
She gave him all the money she had, sleeked his hair one last time, wept a little, and ...
From Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore by Arthur Livingston
The water had sleeked down his hair to a satin skullcap on his full head.
From Old Kaskaskia by Mary Hartwell Catherwood
