had breasted
- past perfect of breast.
Example Sentences
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Its winter gains before Moscow and adjoining fronts had breasted the Nazi flood tide by short, stiff jabs, sector-by-sector punches.
From Time Magazine Archive
Spike had breasted the yawl close up to the hole, where it was held by the men, while the captain himself passed the lantern and his own head into the opening to reconnoitre.
From Jack Tier by Cooper, James Fenimore
They had endured thirty degrees below zero without a murmur, they had breasted blizzard and cyclone, they could live on anything, and they could sleep either in forest or on prairie, under the open sky.
From The Guns of Shiloh A Story of the Great Western Campaign by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)
He had breasted bullets in front of infantry, as well as the sabre in front of cavalry.
From Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee by Cooke, John Esten
Tom said nothing till they had breasted a hill, at the top of which he paused panting, and confronted David.
From The History of David Grieve by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
