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UK
/spˈɛnt/
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[ US /ˈspɛnt/ ]
[ US /ˈspɛnt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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depleted of energy, force, or strength
the exhausted food sources
impossible to grow tobacco on the exhausted soil
exhausted oil wells -
drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted
the day's shopping left her exhausted
only worn-out horses and cattle
you look worn out
was fagged and sweaty
he went to bed dog-tired
felt completely washed-out
the trembling of his played out limbs
How To Use spent In A Sentence
- If we have spent several class periods introducing conventions of reasoned evidence in argumentative writing, we usually look for such features in student papers.
- After our engineless sail into the anchorage at Santa Domingo we spent a couple of days trying to resuscitate the iron genny. TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com
- I think a lot of players from bigger clubs have spent time on loan at smaller clubs and it has really helped.
- We spent a lot of time together, well over two months, and so we really got to know each other.
- As it was, we spent a couple of sweltering hours there and left.
- Over 20 factors were analyzed amongst the DUI attorneys sampled, including whether free consultations are offered, if a lawyer is willing to do 'outcall' (meaning they will meet with potential clients outside the office), how aggressive the defense of the client is, the degree to which each client is offered access to their lawyer, how much time is spent with each client talking by phone or over email, and other factors. WebWire | Recent Headlines
- We spent all evening doing a 1000-piece jigsaw.
- Even while he was missing, those uncertain hours of anxious speculation and dismal journalism, she had assumed Maxwell would be found boomingly alive, having spent the whole time enjoying the amorous advances of a short-sighted minke whale. Country of the Blind
- They spent their honeymoon adventurously cruising on a motorcycle, Nona riding comfortably in the side-car. Archive 2009-01-01
- Having spent years working and living in London and across Eastern Europe, the solitude and beauty of the landscape offered a powerful draw.