sluice
noun
an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate sluice gate at the upper end for regulating the flow.
had sluiced
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past perfectof sluice.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Raw sewage had sluiced through the Oaks complex, and on Thursday, all 600 residents were being evacuated, guided onto school buses en route to temporary shelters, Mr. Bollwage said.
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2021
A cloudburst had sluiced the canyon from top to bottom and spread out a great fan of dirt; but in the earlier days an Indian trail had wound up it, passing by the hidden spring.
From Wunpost by Dane Coolidge
We all thought this storm had sluiced her.
From Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 by Holman Day
The little man had sluiced himself with icy water from top to toe in the gray of the dawn, and was now frying slices of pork strung on green twigs above a small fire.
From The Boss of Wind River by A. M. (Arthur Murray) Chisholm
