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  • past tense form of drain.
  • past participle of drain.

drained



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Sophie compared it to daydreaming, but is completely unaware of what she does in those moments and they leave her feeling drained and exhausted.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Toss a can of drained beans with olive oil, a few strips of lemon peel and an Italian dressing packet, then let everything mingle for half an hour or so.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

And that’s when Victor Wembanyama rose up 28 feet from the rim and drained a 3-pointer to force double overtime.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

He scrapped two-decade-old fuel subsidies that had drained the treasury's international dollar reserves, but so far he has failed to stabilize fuel supplies.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

All the amusement drained out of them, and this time Nok knew she had said the wrong thing.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat




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