squirt
verb (used without object)
to eject liquid in a jet from a narrow orifice.
had squirted
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past perfectof squirt.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Every morning, I had squirted a dime-size glob of hormone cream onto my inner arm and rubbed it in.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 6, 2023
Kelly said his team had squirted footballs with water in practice this week to prepare for the possibility of slippery conditions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2022
On the patty, he had squirted the ketchup into a happy face.
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2020
Fernandinho was the favourite to get to the ball ahead of Messi, after it had squirted loose following Stones’s challenge on Andrés Iniesta.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 19, 2016
If a thousand giant octopuses had squirted ink at the same time, at the bottom of the deepest, most sunless ocean trench, it could not have been blacker.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
