brainwash
verb (used with object)
to cause (someone) to undergo brainwashing.
had brainwashed
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past perfectof brainwash.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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In extracts from his forthcoming book, published by the Times on Friday, Tom Bower claims Queen Camilla told a friend Meghan had "brainwashed" Prince Harry.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026
Mark Harris realized that his father and Freeman had brainwashed him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
Contemporary architects, Wolfe breezily argued, had brainwashed their clients into constructing glass boxes and worker housing that regular Americans neither liked nor understood.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2023
“Did you realize that you had brainwashed me, manipulated me? “
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2014
“My parents had brainwashed me to pursue higher education after high school. I thought that was reasonable. But then I was doing well enough at chess to be making some money.”
From Forbes ● Jan. 17, 2014
