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
It had beggared Magnus and had driven him to a state of semi-insanity after he had wrecked his honour in the vain attempt to do evil that good might come.
From The Octopus : A story of California by Frank Norris
The account Mauburn read stated that the young Western millionaire had beggared his family.
From The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation by Harry Leon Wilson
That St. George had beggared himself to pay his son's debts had wiped that clear.
From Kennedy Square by Francis Hopkinson Smith
