welter
verb (used without object)
to roll, toss, or heave, as waves or the sea.
had weltered
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past perfectof welter.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The mob had weltered and howled ineffectually around the house for some half-hour.
From Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face by Charles Kingsley
All through these wretched months, Lem Lutts had weltered in jail.
From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by Everett MacDonald
