streak
noun
a long, narrow mark, smear, band of color, or the like.
had streaked
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past perfectof streak.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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He had streaked toward goaltender Petr Mrazek, moving the puck right, then pushing it to the left before flipping a wrist shot over Mrazek’s pad.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 18, 2015
The receiver had streaked by San Francisco cornerback Chris Culliver, but Flacco's pass was slightly underthrown and Jones fell to the ground as he adjusted to make the catch at the eight-yard line.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 4, 2013
Up Shinns Run, the storm swirled across the countryside in a path 300 yards wide, leveling trees, houses and fences as if an army of bulldozers had streaked through the valley.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tall and lanky, with a freckled complexion and auburn hair, Jefferson, 46, was taken aback by the adulation being heaped upon the new Treasury Secretary, Alexander Hamilton, who had streaked to prominence in his absence.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now, thinking about the feeling of fear as he pedaled home along the river path, he remembered that moment of palpable, stomach-sinking terror when the aircraft had streaked above.
From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry
