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Past tense of mingle

regular verb

The past tense of mingle is mingled. The past participle is also mingled.

Forms of mingle

Base form (V1)mingle /ˈmɪŋ.ɡəl/
Past tense (V2)mingled /ˈmɪŋɡl̩d/
Past participle (V3)mingled /ˈmɪŋɡl̩d/
Present participlemingling
Third person singularmingles

Mingled in a sentence

  • Across the city yesterday, there was a feeling of bittersweet reunion as streams of humanity converged and mingled at dozens of memorial services.2006 September 11, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, “Bush Mourns 9/11 at Ground Zero as N.Y. Remembers”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New...
  • Kids with well-worn gym shoes mingled with children wearing patent leathers.2018, Judith Rolfs, chapter 42, in The Windemere Affair, Prism, →ISBN. From the entry patent leathers
  • Blood mingled with liquescent skin and melting bone to form a reeking gelatinous mask.1986, Shaun Hutson, chapter 17, in Relics, Caffeine Nights Publishing, published 2013. From the entry liquescent
  • I’ll bet you haven’t mingled with my kind of man in a long time.1965, Ira Wallach, act I, in The Absence of a Cello, New York, N.Y.: Dramatists Play Service, published 1993, →ISBN, page 30. From the entry ringie
  • No waitress could hold out against their mingled overtones of gratitude and mammary organs.1938, Samuel Beckett, Murphy, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, published 1957, →ISBN, page 83. From the entry cowjuice

Meaning of mingle

  1. verb To intermix; to combine or join, as an individual or part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be distinguishable in the product.
  2. verb To associate or unite in a figurative way, or by ties of relationship.
  3. verb To cause or allow to intermarry.

Full definition of mingle

Questions about the past tense of mingle

What is the past tense of mingle?
The past tense of mingle is mingled.
What is the past participle of mingle?
The past participle of mingle is mingled.
Is mingle a regular or irregular verb?
Mingle is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

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