Past tense of plague
regular verb
The past tense of plague is plagued. The past participle is also plagued.
Forms of plague
| Base form (V1) | plague /pleɪɡ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | plagued |
| Past participle (V3) | plagued |
| Present participle | plaguing |
| Third person singular | plagues /pleɪɡz/ |
Plagued in a sentence
- Clinton now seems determined to prove, perhaps to the point of overcompensation, that she will not repeat the mistakes that plagued her 2008 campaign.2015 April 15, Jonathan Martin, “For a Clinton, It’s Not Hard to Be Humble in an Effort to Regain Power”, in The New York Times
- Natural catastrophes plagued the colonists till they abandoned the pestilent marshland.
- California is plagued by quakes; there are a few minor ones almost every month.From the entry quake
- Genetic problems caused by incest are thought to have plagued many royal families in the Middle Ages.From the entry incest
- He slept fitfully, plagued by bad dreams and a persistent cough.From the entry fitfully
Meaning of plague
- noun The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis.
- noun An epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but especially that caused by the above disease.
- noun A widespread affliction, calamity, or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution.
Questions about the past tense of plague
- What is the past tense of plague?
- The past tense of plague is plagued.
- What is the past participle of plague?
- The past participle of plague is plagued.
- Is plague a regular or irregular verb?
- Plague is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: plague (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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