ally
verb (used with object)
to unite formally, as by treaty, league, marriage, or the like (usually followed by with orto ).
had allied
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past perfectof ally.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Lira himself had allied with Bolsonaro, but was quick to recognize Lula's narrow election victory and congratulate him, starting a constructive dialogue during the presidential transition.
From Reuters ● Feb. 1, 2023
By 2016, they had allied with the internationally backed government in Tripoli, which paid them to run security.
From New York Times ● Jul. 31, 2022
Like many of his peers, Wilkins has come to admire Johnson, after initially distrusting the Texas Democrat who had allied himself with Southern segregationists when he joined the Senate.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 22, 2021
“That was when we thought,” Newsome Bass said of a group of protesters with whom she had allied, “ ‘Can we take it down?’
From Washington Post ● Jul. 12, 2020
Ares had allied themselves with everybody else: Dionysus, Demeter, Aphrodite, and Hephaestus.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
