bronze
had bronzed
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past perfectof bronze.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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It looked like someone had bronzed a giant’s hip wader as though it were a baby shoe.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 29, 2017
Well, the thunderbolts of numberless disasters, the pressure of terrible necessities, had bronzed Contenson's head, as though sweating in an oven had three times over stained his skin.
From Scenes from a Courtesan's Life by Honoré de Balzac
The change had bronzed his face, and from his talk I learnt that he had already seen half the Duchy, in seven days.
From The Delectable Duchy by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
The night storms of innumerable years had bronzed his skin and furrowed his face.
From The Long Ago by J. W. (Jacob William) Wright
Long exposure to the sun and wind had bronzed his skin, and his muscles were hardened by the constant open-air life.
From The Warden of the Plains and Other Stories of Life in the Canadian North-west by John Maclean
