gave

[ geyv ]
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verb
  1. simple past tense of give.

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How to use gave in a sentence

  • There he gave orders for the car to be put into running condition for the following morning, and returned to the hotel.

  • So far as the right or wrong of having contraband whisky was concerned, I don't think any one gave it a second thought.

    Raw Gold | Bertrand W. Sinclair
  • Various impulses urged him into a pouring flood of words; yet he gave expression to none of them.

    The Wave | Algernon Blackwood
  • One adorable smile she gave him, and before he could advance to hold the door for her, she had opened it and passed out.

    St. Martin's Summer | Rafael Sabatini
  • Some peculiar lines between these contracted brows gave a character of ferocity to this forbidding and sensual face.

    Checkmate | Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

British Dictionary definitions for gave

gave

/ (ɡeɪv) /


verb
  1. the past tense of give

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