had abode
- past perfect of abide.
Example Sentences
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And oft I did take the air very full into my lungs, for the sweetness of it, after the horrid stenchings that I had abode all those hours.
From The Night Land by Hodgson, William Hope
Arthur found Howel, where he was by the haven, by the broad lake, where he had abode.
From Brut by Mason, Eugene
That is the glorious platform—as we might, in our human way of speaking, say—upon which He had abode all through the ages of the past.
From Old Groans and New Songs Being Meditations on the Book of Ecclesiastes by Jennings, Frederick Charles
But Sir Guy would receive neither fee nor reward, and after he had abode some time with him at the court, he took his way to England.
From Legends That Every Child Should Know; a Selection of the Great Legends of All Times for Young People by Mabie, Hamilton Wright
"If you bring these strange looks, and this stranger silence, into festivity, we shall wish you had abode in the marshes seeking for herons, or rather for woodcocks and howlets."
From Quentin Durward by Scott, Walter, Sir
