blazon
verb (used with object)
to set forth conspicuously or publicly; display; proclaim.
had blazoned
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past perfectof blazon.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Newspapers which had blazoned "General" Farley's surplus announcement in front page headlines were soon pointing out the discrepancy in their editorial columns, explaining how the surplus had been arrived at by a bookkeeping trick.
From Time Magazine Archive
In this she had blazoned forth her courage with almost a false conviction.
From Kept in the Dark by Anthony Trollope
To-day all the newspapers, London and provincial, had blazoned forth his name as a brilliant and successful artist.
From The Intriguers by William Le Queux
The Chief is dead, but did not die until he had blazoned the way for those who dare follow where he so bravely led.
From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 by William Cowper Brann
He commanded his brigade as he had represented his State in the Senate—as a sovereign and independent body, and like the heroic Helvetian had blazoned on his crest, "No one shall cross me with impunity."
From Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage by Pleasant A. Stovall
