- past participle of extinguish.
- past tense form of extinguish.
extinguished
Example Sentences
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Extinguished embers of a fire were before it.
From On the Banks of the Amazon by Groome, William H. C.
While dancing there, joy on thy brow Resplendent shone, anticipations bright Shone in thy eyes, the light of youth, when Fate Extinguished them, and thou didst prostrate lie.
From The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi by Townsend, Frederick
Mourn, Ephesus, thy glory and thy light Extinguished!
From The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 by Gilfillan, George
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