A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
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Some retirees who wintered on the Gulf Coast are already planning their exits from the state.
From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2022
He consulted her remotely when he wintered in Florida; he has also seen his cardiologist and his sleep specialist through telehealth.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 11, 2021
In the classic migration pattern, flocks that wintered in the southern U.S. fly north in the spring, returning to the same spots in the high and sub-Arctic to breed and nest.
From National Geographic ● Dec. 16, 2020
The social pages followed his comings and goings, when he summered in Bar Harbor and wintered in Boca Raton.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 19, 2019
When it continued to zag she realized the pilot was following a meandering river where game wintered.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
