bay
noun
a body of water forming an indentation of the shoreline, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.
had bayed
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past perfectof bay.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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But a little later the general had barged into Woods's office with Eugene Mori, president of Tanforan, and had bayed, "Please hurry!"
From Time Magazine Archive
The brute had bayed me, and I resolved to risk resistance.
From The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West by Mayne Reid
And then a hound had bayed, and a girl had laughed, and the shining bubble had vanished into the air.
From The Doomsman by Van Tassel Sutphen
I had been spared partly because, for some unknown reason, she was afraid to kill me, and partly that she might learn how much I knew, although the "death-hounds had bayed," whatever that might mean.
From Ayesha, the Return of She by Henry Rider Haggard
When silence came again, every dog, even the oldest and wisest, had bayed himself hoarse and fled to kennel, thinking the end of the world was come.
From The Story of Francis Cludde by Stanley John Weyman
