adore
verb (used with object)
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
had adored
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past perfectof adore.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Anne had adored the King's music since she first heard him on the radio, and jokingly called him her first boyfriend.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2026
Presley recited a poem his father had written years before, words Presley’s daughter had adored.
From Seattle Times ● May 21, 2023
As a child, I had adored snow and ice.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 10, 2021
He was from Las Vegas, he told her, and his father had adored her father.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2021
It had been a successful union, as “made” marriages generally are, and before Lancelot came on the scene the young girl had adored her famous husband, even if be was so old.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
