comb
noun
a toothed strip of plastic, hard rubber, bone, wood, or metal, used for arranging the hair, untangling it, or holding it in place.
had combed
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past perfectof comb.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Navy and Canadian armed forces had combed more than 7,600 square miles of the North Atlantic, U.S.
From Reuters ● Jun. 21, 2023
Toledo, a culinary historian, explained her work: She researches the disappearing recipes of Jalisco, her home state, and had combed through old documents to piece together this specific one.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2023
The last movement was recorded Sept. 28, he said, noting that investigators had combed through hundreds of hours of video to find those key segments.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2021
The author of the story, a freelancer named Adam Penenberg, had combed domain-name registrations and public patent records, and was positive he’d figured out the answer: IT was a hydrogen-powered scooter.
From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2021
The other woman, who looked like a college student, wore an inside-out sweatshirt, and she had combed her blond hair into a taut ponytail.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
