sky
noun
the region of the clouds or the upper air; the upper atmosphere of the earth.
skyed
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past participleof sky.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof sky.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
skynounthe region of the clouds or the upper air; the upper atmosphere of the earth.
Example Sentences
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In these fancies Cornelia even had them come to New York, to see her picture in position; it was not on the line, of course, and yet it was not skyed.
From The Coast of Bohemia by William Dean Howells
Making secure her place; Guiding her surely as the worlds through space Do laws sidereal; edicts, thunder-lit, Of skyed eternity, in splendor borne On planetary wings of night and morn.
From An Ode Read August 15, 1907, at the dedication of the monument erected at Gloucester, Massachusetts, in commemoration of the founding of the Massachusetts Bay colony in the year sixteen hundred and twenty-three by Madison Julius Cawein
The picture was received, but was "skyed," that is, placed so high that nobody could well see it.
From Lives of Girls Who Became Famous by Sarah Knowles Bolton
In the Salon that year six thousand pictures were offered, and only two thousand accepted, and many of these were "skyed."
From Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
The third was skyed, but he was admitted to membership.
From Twelve Men by Theodore Dreiser
