had wolfed

• past perfect

  past perfect

  Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.

  of wolf.
  wolf

  noun

  any of several large carnivorous mammals of the genus Canis, of the dog family Canidae, especially C. lupus, usually hunting in packs, formerly common throughout the Northern Hemisphere but now chiefly restricted to the more unpopulated parts of its range.

Example Sentences

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had wolfed

The drifters had wolfed down the last morsel.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

I understood why JoJo had wolfed it down.

From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin

When the man had at last gone off, it was found that he had "wolfed" young master's best walking-stick, one with a fine tortoise-shell top to it.

From The Lodger by Marie Belloc Lowndes

"An hour's sleep," said Daw, when they had wolfed pounds of straight moose-meat fried with bacon.

From The Turtles of Tasman by Jack London

At best we caught only a small percentage at each table before the crowd had wolfed and melted away.

From Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers by Harry Alverson Franck

Related Words

• devour
• gobble
• gulp