slosh
verb (used without object)
to splash or move through water, mud, or slush.
had sloshed
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past perfectof slosh.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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This month the Panama papers, a mega-leak of documents from an offshore law firm, revealed that he owned shell companies through which hundreds of millions of dollars had sloshed.
From Economist ● Apr. 28, 2016
Outside, 5,000 more people who had sloshed through the wrap-around line to see him were not let into the arena.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 11, 2016
Then, leaning against a tree, Carter reminisced about the troops of pinstriped dignitaries, the princes of the party, who had sloshed through the Georgia mud to meet the President-elect.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some of the coffee had sloshed over into the saucer, so first he dried the saucer and the rim of the cup with his handkerchief.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
The shaking from the earthquakes and explosions had sloshed about 3 feet of water from each, but that still left hundreds of thousands of gallons in the pools.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
