arch
had arched
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past perfectof arch.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The kitchen cabinets — which had arched, raised-panel doors and a white plastic veneer that we weren’t crazy about — went to a Bronx family in the spring so our contractor could start demolition.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 7, 2021
Descending eagerly they find Will too, as if by miracle, buried under rocks which had arched themselves over him, and little injured: he too is brought up safe, and all ends joyfully, say the Newspapers.
From Life of John Sterling by Thomas Carlyle
New Orleans boats resembled Kentucky boats, but were larger and stronger and had arched roofs.
From The Settlement of Illinois, 1778-1830 by Arthur Clinton Boggess
Bland’s frenzied yell seemed not to have excited it at all, for now the sleek fellow had arched its body neatly and was calmly licking its sides with a long forked tongue.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 by Harry Bates
Homer calls the Swan long-necked, δουλιχοδείρον; but how much more pittoresque, if he had arched this length of neck?”
From Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare by David Nichol Smith
