brook
noun
a small, natural stream of fresh water.
had brooked
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past perfectof brook.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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For fifty years her firm hand had brooked no slightest interference with the family steering-wheel, and now that it was removed the household machinery came to a standstill.
From Quin by Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice
I thrilled to hear him, for I saw he spoke the truth, and I understood at last how bitterly he had brooked the way that I had used him.
From First Person Paramount by Ambrose Pratt
Let him who ne'er had brooked defeat, The chief whom Indra feared to meet, The ever-conquering lord, obtain The honours that should grace the slain.”
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) Griffith
It was evident that he had brooked her refusal as long as he could.
From The Redemption of David Corson by Charles Frederic Goss
As in life, so it was in death; the calm that had brooked and beaten down the turbulent instincts of the boy, the imperturbable calm of a great soul.
From The Drums of Jeopardy by Harold MacGrath
