sooted
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past participleof soot.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
sootnouna black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations. -
past tense formof soot.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
sootnouna black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
Example Sentences
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His design touch is about to turn the sooted, shut-down BlackHorn into Shelby Jean’s, which will soon be giving off warm and comfy vibes as a restaurant and pub.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 21, 2015
Squinting in the glare, 1,727 contestants sooted their sights with candles, tightened their slings, commenced firing at 5:50 a. m. over glistening grass.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Some thought it was the edge of a huge and newly invented Nazi smoke screen blown in from the front, for London and the southeast British coast were also sooted.
From Time Magazine Archive
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By the time we arrived there the snow had become drab and sooted, wet and heavy.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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Sooted him, yer know; and it sooted me; so what more did you want?
From Original Penny Readings A Series of Short Sketches by George Manville Fenn