pulped
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past participleof pulp.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
pulpnounthe soft, juicy, edible part of a fruit. -
past tense formof pulp.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
pulpnounthe soft, juicy, edible part of a fruit.
Example Sentences
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Southern California’s “Edenic” climate would be promoted on paper made from the pulped trunks of “demoniacal” trees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2025
The Turner Prize-nominated artist David Shrigley has pulped 6,000 copies of Dan Brown's best-seller The Da Vinci Code and republished them as George Orwell's novel 1984.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2023
She counseled readers to stick to fresh grated coconut, sweetened with a little sugar in alternating layers with pulped oranges.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 21, 2023
“Nobody likes to throw a book away. Nobody likes to see it go into a bin,” says Michael Powell of Powell’s Books in Portland, Ore. Owners never want to see their hardback babies pulped.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 19, 2022
They’d pulped a coconut, which they were using for shaving cream.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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