beggar
noun
had beggared
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past perfectof beggar.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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One former minister Chris Bryant, who believes his phone was hacked but that the case was never investigated by the police, said the officers' evidence had "beggared belief."
From Time ● Jul. 12, 2011
Harren had beggared the riverlands and the Iron Islands alike to ornament his dream.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
She had beggared him of all those aptitudes for passionate relations, by the faith in which he had kept himself inwardly alive.
From The Lovely Lady by Gordon Grant
His old associates flocked around him rejoicing; and he fell into the same courses which had beggared him before.
From Vikram and the Vampire; Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic, and Romance by Lady Isabel Burton
That St. George had beggared himself to pay his son's debts had wiped that clear.
From Kennedy Square by Francis Hopkinson Smith
