participle
Example Sentences
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Aside from being the past participle of wake, for decades, it meant conscious and aware – but the slang word has come to represent an embrace of progressive activism, as well.
From Fox News
The word “confit” is the French past participle of the verb “to preserve.”
From Washington Post
Dozens of students have therefore been spared his infamously terrifying drills on antecedents and appositives, dependent clauses and dangling participles.
From Washington Post
“This was not a gray area: a participle properly modified a noun or it didn’t,” Curwen said.
From Los Angeles Times
The word “curate” comes from the Latin “curatus,” the past participle of “curare,” which means “to take care of.”
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
