slough
noun
the outer layer of the skin of a snake, which is cast off periodically.
had sloughed
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past perfectof slough.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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At a time when capitulating to the mainstream was regarded as selling out, R.E.M.’s move to a major label stung, as if the band had sloughed off its loyalists for the teeming masses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2024
David Cameron and George Osborne were all-conquering - they had sloughed off the constraints of coalition and headed the first Conservative majority government to take office since 1992.
From BBC ● May 8, 2017
Because of the blood, she couldn't clearly see the tumor, or tell whether it had sloughed clumps of cells into the vitreous, the clear gel that fills the eyeball.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 3, 2011
In many that washed ashore, the snouts, flippers and tails were pocked with blisters and craters; in others, huge patches of skin had sloughed off.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some dirt had sloughed off an embankment and some track had moved itself a bit.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
