beard
noun
a thick growth of hair on the face, especially on an adult man, often including a mustache.
had bearded
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past perfectof beard.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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“I’ll never forget, in his classroom, he had bearded dragons. We’d get there and he would let us feed them. I always looked forward to that class.”
From Washington Times ● Apr. 3, 2021
McCormick had a doughty champion in Tribune Lawyer John Martineau who now jumped up in rebuttal to castigate the man who had bearded his boss.
From Time Magazine Archive
Striding across the square on the following morning, he had bearded Barrett on his own doorstep.
From Widdershins by Oliver [pseud.] Onions
Owen was on the brink, but there might still be time to save him, and it was with this idea she had bearded me in my den.
From The Spoils of Poynton by Henry James
And so, leaving the footman gaping at his lord, he turned on his heel, with the air of Bernardo del Carpio after he had bearded King Alphonso, and walked into the hall.
From Tom Brown at Oxford by Thomas Hughes
