had betted
- past perfect of bet.
Example Sentences
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Some of those purchases may have been partly driven by hedge funds that had betted against GameStop, trying to cover their positions, and some of those funds made bad losses.
From Reuters ● Oct. 18, 2021
"March on, March on! all hearts rejoice!" cried the Colonel, who was mounted on a Bob-tailed nag—on which, in times of Peace, my soul, O Peace! he had betted his money.
From The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 3: Stories and Romances by Ward, Artemus
He had betted £5000 that he would walk ninety miles in twenty-one and a half hours, and has won, leaving an hour and seventeen minutes to spare.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 by Various
Some of those who had betted deep on the constancy of Lewis took flight.
From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
The peer with whom he had betted, came behind him; he touched him on the shoulder with his whip—"Well, my covey," said the nobleman, "you have lost it."
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 by Leighton, Alexander
