had cabled
- past perfect of cable.
Example Sentences
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At week's end, there were reports that General Eisenhower had cabled for more food for French and Belgian civilians.
From Time Magazine Archive
Twice, it was said on high authority, Franklin Roosevelt had cabled Winston Churchill, actually suggesting the arrest of General de Gaulle.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was learned that von Gronau actually had cabled from Iceland for permission to fly on westward.
From Time Magazine Archive
The carefully casual prose which Mollie had cabled during the war did not usually chronicle great events, but their reflection in the strained faces of the British people.
From Time Magazine Archive
A Russian minister, Sergei Pavlov, head of the State Sports Committee, had cabled Spassky, furiously insisting that he return home to Moscow.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
