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
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
Sometimes one had arched while the other remained quiet; this gave a winsome look of brightness and roguishness to her face.
From Wayside Courtships by Hamlin Garland
Now it was an old overhanging limb that had arched over the road since we were boys; then there was a rock with a big kurrajong tree growing near it.
From Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields by Rolf Boldrewood
In assuming his air of outraged innocence Laughing Bill had arched his hollow chest and inhaled deeply.
From Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories by Rex Ellingwood Beach
