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spent

/spɛnt/ adjective A2
  1. Consumed, used up, exhausted, depleted. · a spent cartridge
  2. Of fish: exhausted as a result of having spawned.
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He spent all that day roaming over the house.
The Jungle Book, p. 66 · B2
Then Teddy’s mother came in with a very white face, and saw what was left of Nag, and Rikki-tikki dragged himself to Teddy’s bedroom and spent half the rest of the night shaking himself tenderly to find out whether he really was broken into forty pieces, as he fancied.
The Jungle Book, p. 77 · B2
Avonlea scholars often spent noon hour picking gum in Mr.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 116 · C1
Anne and Diana had spent most of their playtime that summer on and about the pond.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 220 · C1

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