had washed
- past perfect of wash.
Example Sentences
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He added that parts of a damaged life raft, an barrel of lubricants and footwear had washed ashore, and officials were trying to establish if they were from the sunk Dena.
From Barron's ● Mar. 8, 2026
Residents of island territory Turks and Caicos later reported finding scraps of burned rubber and destroyed heat tiles that had washed ashore.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025
To better track survival trends, the research team took a different approach by examining stranded dolphins that had washed ashore along the Bay of Biscay.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2025
The rain had washed away part of the path and I got confused.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2024
But Faraday wasn’t here, and the turmoil they had both been hurled into had washed all bets off the table.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
