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finished

adjective as in consumed, used up

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He finished second in 2008 behind John McCain, and maintains a reservoir of good will among Republican social conservatives.

Pat Robertson finished second in the 1988 Iowa caucus, and it was all downhill from there.

They finished out the tour without incident, while newspapers across the country picked up the story.

When I finished this talk, a government official approached me.

“Please,” he laughed, handing me the map after he was finished sketching.

When we'd finished, one of the hunters rounded up the horses and we caught our nags and saddled them.

And I finished all with a brief historical account of affairs and events in England for about a hundred years past.

Almost as soon as she had finished building her nest she had discovered a strange-looking egg there.

When I had finished, the other guests had all gone out, but daylight was coming in, and I began to feel more at home.

A few moments afterward he was seen dragging his own trunk ashore, while Mr. Hitchcock finished his story on the boiler deck.

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On this page you'll find 163 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to finished, such as: flawless, polished, accomplished, consummate, cultured, and perfected.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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