spent
IPA: spˈɛnt
adjective
- Consumed, used up, exhausted, depleted.
- Of fish: exhausted as a result of having spawned.
- (law, chiefly UK) Of legislation or an enactment: no longer in force due to all of its provisions having expired or been completed.
- (law, chiefly UK) Of a conviction: no longer appearing on a person's criminal record.
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Examples of "spent" in Sentences
- The two spent the night in jail.
- I spent all my energy on talking.
- Little time was spent in lamentation.
- Creativity was spent on the art of writing.
- The day is spent in worship and contemplation.
- He spent the French revolution in the Chateau.
- He spent generously for the construction of mosques.
- The month that you spent patiently has not gone unappreciated.
- Are they destroyed or spent in a show of power and munificence
- This complicates further recycling of the plutonium from the spent fuel.
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