wipe
verb (used with object)
to rub lightly with or on a cloth, towel, paper, the hand, etc., in order to clean or dry the surface of.
had wiped
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past perfectof wipe.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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In the immediate aftermath of the 14th-century Black Death, a highly educated Venetian wrote a chronicle claiming that the plague had wiped out a third of his city’s population.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
By April 2026, it was reported that the actor had wiped his hands clean of the headache that was their marital home and given his portion of the property to the songstress.
From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026
"It means everything," he said, after he had wiped away his tears.
From Barron's ● Feb. 14, 2026
The hurricane had wiped out the house and family-run sports bar.
From BBC ● Dec. 16, 2025
Babi had wiped his eyeglasses clean with the hem of his shirt.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
