burgeon
verb (used without object)
to grow or develop quickly; flourish.
had burgeoned
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past perfectof burgeon.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Huge plane factories had burgeoned at Wichita, Fort Wayne, Oklahoma City and elsewhere.
From Time Magazine Archive
Within three days, however, their numbers had burgeoned to almost 600.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sometimes new settlements, unmarked on the maps, had burgeoned into large communities in only two or three years.
From Time Magazine Archive
In him the branch of the family tree had burgeoned into the perfect cleric.
From The Fortunate Youth by William John Locke
The sky was cloudless, the tall trees had burgeoned, a few green shoots were already brightening their myriad of brown twigs.
From A Daughter of Eve by Honoré de Balzac
