assort
verb (used with object)
to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
had assorted
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past perfectof assort.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Bobby’s younger sister, Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy, whose namesake great-aunt died in a plane crash in 1948, has had assorted television and stage roles.
From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2019
And I’ve had assorted cousins and long-lost friends who call in on occasion.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 4, 2017
The American Queen, too, has had assorted incarnations, as Mr. Vasconcelos recounted one morning in a talk he gave in the boat’s Grand Saloon, a modest theater where something always seemed to be going on.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2012
The colleagues whom he had assorted at the same boards, stared at each other, and were obliged to ask, 'Sir, your name?'
From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Robert John Buckley
I had assorted the luggage, and although I had not the slightest suspicion of any fighting, nevertheless my ammunition formed a considerable portion of the heavier baggage.
From Ismailia by Sir Samuel White Baker
