black
adjective
being a color that lacks hue and brightness and absorbs light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
had blacked
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past perfectof black.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The other divers immediately went into the water again and they found Mahdhee had blacked out.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
Mr. Conley told officers he had blacked out and did not recall striking pedestrians, claiming the blackout was from insulin he took for blood sugar issues that morning.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 2, 2023
I’ve got a little bit of natural gray around my temples, and that they had blacked that out in Season 1 so Nate is more youthful and subordinate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2021
In June, a Federal District Court judge in the District of Columbia upheld only some of the F.B.I.’s redactions, ruling that other information that officials had blacked out must be revealed.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2019
Then flashed upon Dick's mind the thought that he had not yet returned the change due to the gentleman whose boots he had blacked on the morning of his introduction to the reader.
From Ragged Dick, Or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks by Horatio Alger
