bottle
noun
a portable container for holding liquids, characteristically having a neck and mouth and made of glass or plastic.
has bottled
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present perfectof bottle (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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"Wes has bottled it, and caused massive damage and instability in the process."
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
As a musician, including as a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, and as an actor with "The Sopranos," Van Zandt has bottled lightning twice.
From Reuters ● Sep. 6, 2022
But for the past few years Brady has bottled, packaged and sold this fantasy with a wellness-cum-lifestyle brand called TB12™.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 17, 2020
Consider the play symbolic of the way Washington has bottled up the Penguins while evening the series.
From Washington Times ● May 9, 2017
I'll send down some fruit and a special vintage from our club which has bottled up in it the sunlight of a dozen years in Southern France.
From The Voice on the Wire by Eustace Hale Ball
