whelmed

[ welmd, hwelmd ]

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of whelm.

Word History and Origins

Origin of whelmed¹

whelm ( def ) + -ed ¹( def ) for the past tense; whelm ( def ) + -ed ²( def ) for the past participle

Example Sentences

But such amazement as came to her was whelmed fathoms-deep in her sudden fears for Marius.

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A glorious lustre broke through the mist that whelmed her eyes, and a faint color sprung to her pallid cheek.

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The Chamberlain still leaned wearily against the door jamb, mentally whelmed by dejection, bodily weak as water.

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His desire whelmed him like a wave; it filled his soul like a perfume, and against his will it rose to his lips in words.

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One only is wanting, whom our eyes saw whelmed amid the waves; all else is answerable to thy mother's words.'

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