Past tense of story
regular verb
The past tense of story is storied. The past participle is also storied.
Forms of story
| Base form (V1) | story /ˈstɔː.ɹi/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | storied /ˈstɔːɹid/ |
| Past participle (V3) | storied /ˈstɔːɹid/ |
| Present participle | storying |
| Third person singular | stories /ˈstɔː.ɹiz/ |
Storied in a sentence
- I won't hide that I unapologetically grift for this website, despite its storied history.2022 July 9, Madeline Carpou, “Tumblr Continues to Be the Best Social Media Site in a Sea of Internet Chaos”, in The Mary Sue, archived…. From the entry scrunkly
- Somasegar, the storied Indian American technology executive, who was at Microsoft at the time.2021 July 30, Alex Hawgood, “These Clubhouse Hosts Are Keeping the Party Alive”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry storied
- If we misplot ourselves, no doubt we will mislive ourselves; but we are storied creatures.2012, Mike Graves, What's the Shape of Narrative Preaching?, page 100. From the entry misplot
- It has sent Americans questing for every sort of oddment and quaintness in objects from out of their storied past.1964, Marshall McLuhan, chapter 31, in Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man, New York: New American Library, page 281. From the entry oddment
- Edward Reichert, a New Yorker, was planning "a gigantic project" . . . to move in power excavation equipment to seek the storied "money pit".1947 June 4, “Gigantic Search For Treaure May Move Island”, in Ottawa Citizen, Canada, retrieved 27 Sep 2011, page 29. From the entry money pit
Meaning of story
- noun An account of real or fictional events.
- noun A lie, fiction.
- noun A soap opera.
Questions about the past tense of story
- What is the past tense of story?
- The past tense of story is storied.
- What is the past participle of story?
- The past participle of story is storied.
- Is story a regular or irregular verb?
- Story is a regular verb: its past tense changes -y to -ied.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: story (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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