climb
verb (used without object)
to go up or ascend, especially by using the hands and feet or feet only.
had climbed
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past perfectof climb.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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By the time they married later that year, Two Sigma’s assets under management had climbed to about $350 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
By 2020, it had climbed to 62.2 cases per 100,000 person-years, representing an increase of approximately 83%.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
Emergency services were called to the park at about 13:30 BST to reports a man had climbed into the tiger enclosure from a high walkway.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Prices for diesel at the pump had climbed to a record high of $6.528 a gallon on Sept. 22, according to AAA.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
Maybe he had climbed the tree and couldn’t get down.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
