had bled
- past perfect of bleed.
Example Sentences
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The farmers—some former soldiers who had bled for the cause—sought debt forgiveness in the 1780s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2025
Over the course of six hours on June 11, 2023, Porsha Ngumezi had bled so much in the emergency department at Houston Methodist Sugar Land that she’d needed two transfusions.
From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2024
The court heard how she stopped her younger brother from coming into the living room where she had given birth, telling him she had a heavy period and had bled on the floor.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2023
When I began reporting this column, I thought the central question would be whether Haugen’s tactics had allowed her to control the story, and whether journalistic collaboration had bled into groupthink.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 24, 2021
Fingers that had bled on the halyards were healed, and black with tar.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
