bind
verb (used with object)
to fasten or secure with a band or bond.
had bound
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past perfectof bind.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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God was the glue that had bound us, and even though we still loved each other, our faith—the collective unit of faith that we had and we were—fractured.
From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2019
They shunned the rules that had bound their mothers and grandmothers.
From Washington Post ● May 23, 2018
On Tuesday, Alberta Blayth, the church secretary, said that the incident had bound the congregants more tightly.
From New York Times ● Nov. 7, 2017
The experience of death, which had bound them together a quarter of a century ago, unexpectedly reunited them on an unseasonably warm January afternoon in 2013.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 29, 2016
She darted back toward the chair, which now sat empty, the cord that had bound Anat still wrapped loosely around the arms.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
