- past participle of extinguish.
- past tense form of extinguish.
extinguished
Example Sentences
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Mourn, Ephesus, thy glory and thy light Extinguished!
From The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 by Gilfillan, George
Extinguished by tradition—a tradition against which their earlier years only had won modern emancipation.
From The Fortieth Door by Bradley, Mary Hastings
Light, light, I leave thee!—yet am I a lamp, Extinguished now, to be relit forever.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 by Various
Extinguished? no, nor likely to be, if all we hear be true.
From The Sign of the Red Cross by Everett-Green, Evelyn
Sooner the stars, torn from their spheres, shall hiss, Extinguished in the bottom of the sea, Than the dear memory, and love of you, Shall suffer loss, or injury.
From The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi by Townsend, Frederick